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If you pay attention to sports, then you probably know that the NLCS (National League Championship Series) is taking place right now between the Philadelphia Phillies and Los Angeles Dodgers.  As you can imagine during many popular events such as sporting events, many use their cell phones an awful lot at the same time.  This can sometimes cause a cell phone traffic overload and prevent calls and texts from going through, which would definitely be annoying. 

In efforts to combat this, Verizon is introducing something near the stadium known as COLT (Cell on Light Truck).  This is a fully-functional mobile cell site that adds extra wireless capacity.  Such extra measures will prevent from any calls to be dropped, texts not going through, and making surfing the Internet as smooth as possible.  In addition, if you plan to use a laptop near the stadium, you will probably notice that you have access to better Broadband Internet. 

Ed Chan, executive director of network for Verizon Wireless’ Philadelphia Tri-State Region had this to say about the whole process: 
 

“During special events, traffic on our network can increase significantly. With the activation of this temporary cell site, our network is prepared to handle the expected increase in cell phone and laptop computer use at the stadium complex.  We want to ensure that Phillies fans can make that long-awaited call to their friends and families once the ‘Fightins’ win this series.”

It looks like he’s a Phillies’ fan, and wants everyone to be able to call people when and if the Phillies win.  Verizon has been trying to improve network capacity ever since they got involved with cell phones and they have invested nearly $45 billion dollars in projects such as this one.  Furthermore, since 2000, they have spent around $1.5 billion in the Tri-State area alone.

It’s good that Verizon does things like this, I hope they will do something similar for the ALCS and World Series, and in future sporting events.

Via [PR Newswire]