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London Needs 70,000 Cells For 4G

Posted by samzenpus on from the add-a-few-more dept.

judgecorp writes "How many cells does it take to cover a city? In London's case, it will take 70,000 cells by 2015 for the next-generation LTE network needed for 4G mobile broadband, according to a calculation from PicoChip. A shame that's too late for 2012, when Mayor Boris Johnson warns that mobile data demands during the Olympics may overload the current 3G network"

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  1. Re:P2P? by adolf · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Because that would kill everyones battery.

    Not if the P2P back-end existed only in vehicular or fixed installations, instead of on one's hip.

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  2. Re:Says the manufacturer of cells by Pieroxy · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have to say though, being french, that I'm glad that you got the Olympics games instead of Paris. By these debt-crisis times, spending as much as you do (and as much as we would have done) for such a thing is kind of silly.

    Note that I'm not saying we are better in this regard. We (as a nation) wanted it, and I'm sure we would have spent as much money as you do if we would have had them. Fortunately, we suck ass at marketing, so there is no way in hell we could have beat you to it.

    Good luck.

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