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Behind-The-Scenes Superbowl Tech

Posted by samzenpus on from the shiny-new-toys dept.

jfruhlinger writes "You might be a hardcore sports fan or might think of jocks with disdain, but if you're a geek you'll probably be intrigued by the tech behind the brand-new stadium where this weekend's Superbowl will be played. 84 Cisco access points, 70 wiring closets, 40,000 wired ports, 8 million feet of Ethernet cabling, 260 miles of fiber, 100 TB of storage — all on a single network."

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  1. Hey, look! by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Cisco ad!

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  2. Re:Mixed Units... by mooingyak · · Score: 5, Funny

    8 million feet = somewhere between 4-8 million people.

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  3. Buncha fuckin' nerds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Where's my beer

  4. Re:No cheerleaders? by Bratmon · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know nobody will click an outbound link to that website.