...they've got it covered. The RNC is well-aware that they need all kinds of super-strength networks to handle the overwhelming amount of technology (and their users) coming to town for the Republican National Convention. According to the Pioneer Press, they're gonna be ready:

To avoid strains on the networks, the area's telecommunications providers are planning now to beef up their systems.

Verizon Wireless expects a 33 percent increase in voice calling and a 150 percent rise in data transmissions on its broadband network that blankets the downtowns in St. Paul and Minneapolis, where convention activities will be centered. Qwest Communications International will add more than 100 miles of fiber-optic and copper lines in and around the Xcel Energy Center, the convention's main site.

I don't know. I know there was a lot of traffic in 2004, but technology has increased--and quickly-since then. Can Qwest and Verizon keep up with the supply the media will demand?

By the numbers:

5,000 expected number of delegates, organizers and media

33 expected percent increase in wireless voice calls

150 expected percent increase in wireless broadband data

135 miles of copper cabling that will snake throughout the Xcel Energy Center complex