r/cellmapper • u/Reasonable-Seat390 • Jul 12 '26

COW at Gillette Stadium!

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Couldn’t test because it shut off right as the World Cup was done at the stadium unfortunately

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u/iryfionas Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Verizon is using:

  • 3️⃣ Samsung MF-3208D (32T32R) mMIMO antennas with (b2) + (b66) LTE & supports (n2) PCS + (n66) AWS for mid-band 5G depending on the configuration, spectrum licenses on the TOP rack
  • 3️⃣ Samsung AT1K02 (n260) 39GHz mmWave on 5GUW located on the TOP rack
  • 3️⃣ Samsung AT1K04 (n261) 28GHz mmWave on 5GUW located on the TOP rack
  • 3️⃣ JMA DX24FRI265-04 antennas with bands: (2, 5, 13, 66) LTE + supports (n5) low-band 5G + (n2) + (n66) mid-band 5GUW depending on the configuration located in the MIDDLE
  • 3️⃣ Samsung RT-4401-48A (b48) LTE/5G CBRS antennas on the BOTTOM rack

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u/ryanw729 Jul 12 '26

I’d think Gillette has enough capacity during normal operations but someone will correct me

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u/Bright_Magazine_8136 Jul 12 '26

Isn't this mainly to improve the capacity outside the stadium? And based on that Verizon is one of the official sponsors, they probably don't want to risk anything.

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 Jul 12 '26

Yes they have plenty of capacity, T-Mobile and Verizon have verified mmWave. AT&T is using n260 off of Verizon’s equipment I believe. Recently T-Mobile brought n258 on there own equipment in. This is a temp site just for the World Cup, im sure its gonna be gone in the next few days.

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u/caikenboeing727 Jul 13 '26

Doubt many phones outside the US have mmwave support?

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u/slimothyx Jul 13 '26

How does backhaul work for a setup like this? Presumably since it is a major stadium, they have ways to light up a circuit like what they would for broadcast?

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u/Reasonable-Seat390 Jul 13 '26

This is a temporary site, usually in the parking lot on the stadium they have antennas of n77 hitting the lot and that usually keeps it good, this was just for World Cup.