EDC Las Vegas Festivalgoers Feast on Peplink and Starlink Connectivity

EDC Las Vegas Festivalgoers Feast on Peplink and Starlink Connectivity

Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC) Las Vegas is one of the world’s most iconic annual dance music festivals, drawing over 100,000 attendees each day. While secure connectivity is important for attendees, VIP artists and transport crews, reliable internet is equally vital for vendors to process cashless payments, coordinate staff, and keep operations running smoothly in the midst of high-density crowds and constant demand.

Challenge

During this year’s EDC Las Vegas, the incumbent internet provider could not withstand the massive surge in traffic and saturated local networks, resulting in outages as early as day one. This left vendors unable to take payments or serve customers when demand peaked.

The festival team needed a robust, redundant, and portable solution capable of delivering high-speed internet for up to 30,000 daily users with the flexibility to adapt to changing crowd patterns and maintain full uptime, no matter what.

Solution

To address these requirements, Elite Technology Solutions deployed a Peplink-based solution built for extreme reliability and flexibility. 3 HD4 MBX 5G routers were set up in High-Availability mode to ensure continuity should a device fail. A total of 24 active SIM cards across multiple carriers delivered resilient cellular backhaul, reinforced by 2 dedicated fiber strands for high-capacity wired access. Starlink was also added to provide satellite connectivity as an extra layer of redundancy in case local infrastructure faltered.

Each HD4 MBX 5G unit was packaged in a portable kit, making it easy to position or relocate units wherever extra bandwidth was needed, even as foot traffic shifted throughout the festival. 10 AP One AX access points were strategically placed to deliver fast, stable coverage across vendor areas. For VIPs and artists, BR1 Mini routers installed in transport vehicles guaranteed secure connectivity on the road.

Result

While competing networks buckled under pressure and some went offline entirely on day one, Peplink’s High-Availability, multi-link solution remained operational. It consistently supported over 1,000 concurrent users and handled peak transactions and communications without a hitch. Vendors stayed online and profitable, attendees enjoyed uninterrupted service, and festival staff could rely on constant connectivity.

This deployment was a large-scale integration of portable Peplink units with Starlink, demonstrating how a flexible, transportable solution can keep people connected even in the most demanding live event environments. Where other vendors struggled, Peplink delivered, proving that with the right combination of technology and design, reliable internet is possible anywhere, anytime.

“The previous [solutions provider] was overrun with traffic and went belly up on day 1. We were the only [solutions provider] with internet left when everyone else was down, and one of the first [solutions providers] to implement a portable solution with Starlink.”
Elite Technology Solutions Team