American carriers have had Wireless Priority Service in place for several years now, giving government officials and first responders improved access to potentially overloaded networks in the event of an emergency or high-density gathering — but historically, that service has been restricted to American soil. With the Winter Olympics coming right up in Vancouver, AT&T figured it’d have quite a few G-Men strolling north of the border, so it has worked with Rogers this month to roll out priority access for devices roaming in Canada that are already authorized for the service. In a nutshell, that means VIPs strolling around the luge circuit will be able to get through (and stay through) if the crush of humanity gets too much for the poor, overworked cells to handle. And no, you can’t sign up for it, so don’t even ask. Dropped calls, begone: AT&T expands feds’ Wireless Priority Service to Canada originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments