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Cellphone service could be spotty for rural eclipse-watchers
washingtonpost.com ^ | July 30 at 10:23 AM | Jim Salter | AP

Posted on 07/30/2017 9:57:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin

If you plan to livestream next month’s solar eclipse from one of the prime viewing spots...

“We’re expecting a good experience but there will be times at peak where the network will struggle,” said Paula Doublin, assistant vice president for construction and engineering for AT&T, the nation’s second-largest provider.

Some communities are hosting eclipse-watch gatherings that are expected to draw tens of thousands of people.

The 6,700 residents of Madras, Oregon, will be far outnumbered by visitors, and Verizon, AT&T and Sprint all plan to bring portable towers for its event.

AT&T will deploy eight portable cell towers across the country — in Madras and Mitchell, Oregon; Columbia, Owensville and Washington in Missouri; Carbondale, Illinois; Hopkinsville, Kentucky; and Glendo Reservoir, Wyoming.

“It is very much akin to a national championship week that occurs with the NCAA or pro sports, except it’s happening in a 3,000-mile-long band,” Doublin said.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: cellphone; eclipse; rural; service
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1 posted on 07/30/2017 9:57:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

So what? You don’t need cell service to observe the eclipse.


2 posted on 07/30/2017 10:20:47 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: BenLurkin

I’m seriously considering being in downtown Asheville, NC for totality, it should be an adventure worthy of National Geographic with all the wiccan wackadoodles doing their thing.


3 posted on 07/30/2017 10:22:33 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: BenLurkin

First World Problems.


4 posted on 07/30/2017 10:24:02 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: RegulatorCountry

We are driving 4 hours to Kentucky to see the total eclips.


5 posted on 07/30/2017 10:31:22 AM PDT by Azeem (There are four boxes to be used in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury and ammo.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

“You don’t need cell service to observe the eclipse.”

For many these days, if you’re not streaming it, it’s like it never happened.


6 posted on 07/30/2017 10:33:32 AM PDT by rightwingcrazy (rightwingcrazy)
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To: dfwgator

Exactly.


7 posted on 07/30/2017 10:35:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Cellphone service could be spotty for rural eclipse-watchers”

rural cellphone service is already spotty WITHOUT eclipse-watchers, at least it is for pretty much for every area of the Rocky Mountain states not in an actual urban area.


8 posted on 07/30/2017 10:36:12 AM PDT by catnipman ( Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
So what? You don’t need cell service to observe the eclipse.

To observe it, of course not, but I'm depending on access for satellite and weather forecasts to know where I need to move to in case I have less than good conditions across Nebraska where I'm going to be.
9 posted on 07/30/2017 10:39:50 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
So what? You don’t need cell service to observe the eclipse.

To observe it, of course not, but I'm depending on access for satellite and weather forecasts to know where I need to move to in case I have less than good conditions across Nebraska where I'm going to be.
10 posted on 07/30/2017 10:43:06 AM PDT by plsvn
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To: BenLurkin
I thought they were going to watch the eclipse, not play candy crush.
11 posted on 07/30/2017 10:43:48 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: BenLurkin

Literally will be like being back in the Dark Ages! LOL


12 posted on 07/30/2017 10:47:01 AM PDT by buffyt (Humane Societies are proudly No Kill. When will Planned Parenthood be No Kill!??!?!!?!?!?!)
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To: Azeem

I have a home in West Kentucky and now people are wanting to rent a room as all the hotels have been full for years.


13 posted on 07/30/2017 10:57:02 AM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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To: Azeem

Getting a room is pretty much out of the question down here but it’s within a day’s drive up and back. We’ll be just getting back from the OBX but I think I’ll keep the rented Yukon for a couple more days and we’ll make a run up there.


14 posted on 07/30/2017 11:23:00 AM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: BenLurkin

We saw the one in Hawaii. Get to high ground if you can; the beaches were fogged in but we were up on the mesa. It was amazing to see - get there if you can.


15 posted on 07/30/2017 11:42:05 AM PDT by bboop (does not suffer fools gladly)
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16 posted on 07/30/2017 12:04:09 PM PDT by deport
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I just noticed that the lengthiest period of totality is over the New Madrid fault and it gave me a chill. Stupid, I know, but it did.


17 posted on 07/30/2017 12:08:56 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

Yep, the New Madrid fault is a part of the coverage area.


18 posted on 07/30/2017 12:43:21 PM PDT by deport
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To: BenLurkin

Ben, long time admirer. I’m taking a 700 mile road trip to the Tennessee/North Carolina border to watch this momentous event. Nothing but 100% total blackout will do.


19 posted on 07/30/2017 1:42:37 PM PDT by Scarpetta (I'm surrounded by progtards and cuckservatives.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

20 posted on 07/30/2017 2:00:08 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Take Covfefe Ree Zig!)
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