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January 20, 2008

Welcome to Gillette

Hey all --

The sun is shining but it is bitter cold and windy here at Gillette. Given the magnitude of this game, everything has been ramped up: there's a greater police presence, bomb-sniffing dogs checking everyone's bags, and hundreds of media on hand.

In a bit of comical irony, a looping video of a raging fireplace is being shown on the big screens here.

Last week for Jacksonville, the Patriots distributed over 700 passes (including day-of-game operations employees), and we're guessing today's total exceeds that. Because of the crush, the team installed two additional T-1 lines for internet access because the one they had previous couldn't handle all of the traffic last week.

T-1 lines are fiber-optic lines that can typically handle a few hundred users, as long as they're not downloading/uploading video and MP3 files, which of course radio folks must do.

We'll have more as the game draws closer.

shalise

Posted by Shalise Manza Young  at 11:47 AM | Permalink