Re: ATT Microcell in Austin, TX

[Matt Erculiani <merculiani () gmail com>]

It will be interesting to see how this plays out as reliance on these small
cells for capacity grows. I'd imagine demand for cellular bandwidth goes up
during a power outage and not down.

Is it reasonable to think that there could be a situation where cell
capacity is not available during a time of need because these sites will
simply go down and significantly reduce coverage/quality in dense
metropolitan areas?

-Matt

On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 19:15 Shane Ronan <shane () ronan-online com> wrote:

> This is a small cell. They are very common across all of the carriers.
>
> It is NOT intended to provide primary coverage for the area.
>
> It IS intended to provide additional capacity to the immediate area.
>
> Think of the large cell towers as providing blanket coverage, while small
> cells provide hot spots of increased capacity.
>
> Most small cells have no battery backup or generator at all, as it's not
> feasible given the real estate available.
>
> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 5:58 PM Chris Boyd <cboyd () gizmopartners com> wrote:
>
> > Since people on here like to talk about the generatorn run time on cell
> > towers, I thought y’all might like to see an ATT microcell in downtown
> > Austin, TX.  No apparent generator or battery on it.
> >
> > https://imgur.com/a/RY9Tg7h
> >
> > —Chris