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Comcast will deploy its Wi-Fi-on-Wheels at the Democratic National Convention to boost Wi-Fi capacity. In Cleveland, AT&T tripled its 4G LTE coverage, while T-Mobile reallocated spectrum to increase capacity around the Quicken Loans Arena, the site of the Republican National Convention. Other carriers also were busy building out their networks. In Philadelphia, the locale for next week's Democratic National Convention, carriers are taking advantage of big investments they made last year for a visit from Pope Francis. The improvements include upgrades to fiber connections to various cell sites.
Behind the investments: the knowledge that customers have plenty of options in a competitive telecommunications market, Carriers go toe-to-toe on price, with specials designed to entice individuals, overseas travelers, families, video streamers and anyone else you can think of, And they're well aware a bad experience will potentially drive a customer to another carrier, "Wireless customers definitely remember if service case with glass screen protector for apple iphone 6 and 6s - black doesn't work well," said Mark Walker, who runs Sprint's network in the Northeast, "It's just expected that your phone will work wherever you are and whenever you want."Of course, the carriers have plenty of experience preparing for major events, The Super Bowl attracted more than a million people to the San Francisco Bay Area in February for a weeklong pigskin bacchanal, Even regular-season games in Cleveland and Philly attract 65,000 to 70,000 fans, more than the 50,000 attendees each convention is likely to draw..
The carriers wouldn't provide estimates of how much they've spent on improvements to their wireless networks for the conventions, but they say the work has been extensive. AT&T executives told CNET sister publication TechRepublic that the company invested $250 million in wireless and wireline network upgrades in Cleveland alone. In the same city, Sprint added support for lower-band 800MHz wireless spectrum, which improves indoor network coverage and call quality. The carrier has done the same in Philadelphia.
