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by hncommenter13 4778 days ago
I ran a mobile gaming conference for about 250 people in a major city back when AT&T was the only game in town for the iPhone (~2009). Without calling us or us reaching out to them, AT&T contacted the venue and installed a micro-cell--free of charge--to ensure good coverage throughout the day.

Say what you want about the network or the company, but I was impressed. (It probably didn't hurt that we had some folks from Apple on the attendee list.)
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tumblen 4778 days ago
I help run a conference in Portland, OR and would love to look into this further.

Do you have any contacts still or any idea who I could get in touch with to get more information? Thanks!

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hncommenter13 4778 days ago
I'm afraid I don't. We never actually found out from AT&T how this happened or who was responsible--someone got in touch with the venue manager and the next thing we knew, a micro-cell showed up.

I'm told one can rent them (it was a small rack of equipment), but I'm guessing it's rather expensive.

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