king@uunet.uu.net (Steven King) (09/05/90)
In article <11654@accuvax.nwu.edu> Our Good Moderator writes: >[...] once a week I would see a very large truck parked in the >alley behind Orchestra Hall on Michigan Avenue. The truck was >inscribed "Illinois Bell Telephone Co". A large cable coming out the >stage door of Orchestra Hall ran into the back of this truck. Then it >came out of the truck, and down into a manhole nearby. Not dissimilar to what many cellular operating companies do for large sporting events, political rallies, and whatnot: Drive up in your base-site-in-a-truck, park it next to the stadium with the antenna pointing inward, and point the truck's microwave antenna back to the switch. A little extra capacity never hurts! Steve King, Motorola Cellular (...uunet!motcid!king)