If you were planning on livebloging the shiz out of BHO ’s ascension to the throne tomorrow via your smartphone with pic , tweets and txts , you may have atough timeof it .
feature prison cell trouble at large public events is something we ’ve all experienced , but the inauguration crowd , which could top out at around two million iGeneration texters and tweeter , will likely bring every DC - area connection to its knees . That ’s why all of the major carrier are expend millions for this one sidereal day , bringing in extra oxen and COLTs ( cell on wheels , cell on light truck ) to gripe up bandwidth . TheNYTimestalked to most major carriers , and it ’s interesting to hear all that move on behind the scenes for a big event like this . Sprint claims they ’ve been planning for the inauguration since April .
Despite the mesh ’ right endeavor , Grandpa Gene Kimmelman of the Conusmer ’s Union ( publishing house of Consumer Reports ) says it ’s not enough :
“ It ’s like paying for an all - you - can - eat buffet and discovering there are only fight left , ” Mr. Kimmelman said . He paint a picture another way the newsboy might spend their millions of buck : “ mayhap they should bid a rebate if they swerve use on Inauguration Day . ”
oddly enough , the NYTimes , is one of many news issue is one of many withopen calls for citizen reports filed via smartphonefrom the field . Oh the paradox of media in our affiliated age ! [ NYTimes ]
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