Across 41 venues, LongFi Connect kept guests connected through Mardi Gras 2026.
French Quarter, New Orleans, on the Wi-Fi already in place.For seven days at peak, LongFi Connect carried carrier traffic across 41 French Quarter venues, with no new hardware and no disruption to operations.
In previous Mardi Gras weekends we would hear complaints about cell signal inside our venue. This year we didn't have a single one.Nick GenoveseGeneral Manager, The Original French Market Restaurant & Bar
When the crowd peaks, guests lose signal inside the venue.
When the Quarter fills up, phones struggle inside a packed venue, right when guests are paying, posting, and calling rides.
Payments can stall
Tap-to-pay and mobile orders can time out when the network is busiest.
Moments go unshared
Guests may miss the chance to post the night out that markets the venue.
Rides get harder to call
Weak signal makes rideshare and callbacks unreliable at the door.
LongFi Connect improves indoor cell coverage using each venue's spare Wi-Fi capacity.
It went on as a configuration on each venue's existing Wi-Fi, set up site by site and switched on ahead of Mardi Gras.
- Runs on the Wi-Fi in place. A configuration on the network the venue already pays for.
- Connects on the SIM. Phones attach on their own, with no app, no password, and no portal login.
- Carrier-approved, set by area. Approved by the carrier and tuned venue by venue before the crowds arrived.
- Secure by design. Guest traffic is authenticated and encrypted, and kept apart from venue systems.
- No added cost. The Wi-Fi already in place carries the traffic and can return monthly value.
The moments guests care about kept working.
Tap-to-pay and mobile orders kept moving, even when the room was full.
Guests posted the parades and the night out that markets the venue.
Rideshares and callbacks connected at the door, even in the crowd.
Even shoulder to shoulder in the Quarter, guests stayed connected.
Proof under real load.
- 1.22 M phone sessions carried on LongFi Connect over the seven days.
- 25.8 TB of data carried on the Wi-Fi already in place over the same period.
- Guests stayed connected through a demanding week, when the guest experience mattered most.
- Point-of-sale and cameras kept running, with no reported hit to core operations.
Keep your guests connected at your next big event.
What held up across 41 venues at Mardi Gras fits venues across a portfolio. A short conversation is enough to see the fit.
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