It's heartening to learn that Verizon Wireless has been dispatching generator-powered mobile sites to Angel Stadium in Anaheim, Calif., where Thursday's New York Yankees-Anaheim Angels baseball playoff game will be held.
Although, as of this writing, the home-team Angels have lacked for energy, the COLTs (Cells on Light Trucks) units are designed to boost "rapid and short-term network response," says Verizon Wireless, for calls, and text and pic messages transmitted by fans at the stadium or just regular folks in its environs.
We hear that AT&T, beset with complaints about lack of adequate 3G network coverage for its Apple iPhones, likely could use some COLTs, too.
And, then there's this dead spot on Old Short Hills Road in Millburn, N.J., where I'm always losing T-Mobile coverage at the most inappropriate times, but that's another story.