Photo Gallery: AT&T upgrades GSM network in flag poles
ABC-7’s Russel McLyn gets a long shot of the triad of flag poles at the south end of the parking lot with In-N-Out Burger in Glendale on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. AT&T announced improvements they have made to their GSM communications system that use the flag poles as antenna. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
The top 1/4 of each of three flag poles has an antenna that AT&T uses for their GSM communication system for cell phones and wireless devices, which they announced at the south end of the parking lot with In-N-Out Burger in Glendale on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
AT&Ts Georgia Taylor holds a Garmin GPS pet locator that connects two a wireless network, such as cellular, at a press conference to announce improvments to the AT&T GSM network at the triad of flag poles at the south end of the parking lot with In-N-Out Burger in Glendale on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
AT&T held a press conference to promote the improvements they made in their communications inside the triad of flag poles at the south end of the parking lot with In-N-Out Burger in Glendale on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
The 3G transmitter that AT&T uses for wireless communication under the triad of flag poles at the south end of the parking lot with In-N-Out Burger in Glendale on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. AT&T held a press conference to announce improvements to their GSM network. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)
AT&Ts Georgia Taylor holds a GlowCap CONNECT pill bottle that connects wirelessly to a broadband network to communicate with a pharmacy that a prescription needs to be refilled at a press conference to announce AT&T’s improvements to their GSM network within the triad of flag poles at the south end of the parking lot with In-N-Out Burger in Glendale on Tuesday, August 16, 2011. (Tim Berger/Staff Photographer)