Gill says San Francisco, in turn, can be viewed as a proxy for the whole country since the test was more about network capabilities than network coverage.
More than 600 live-blogging "events" take place on CoverItLive every day, attracting unique readerships that, according to McSpurren, can run as high as 14 million per event -- a record currently shared by coverage of President Obama's Nobel Peace Prize speech, and a cricket Test match in India.
An even bigger next test comes when Provenge goes before a big Medicare advisory panel that will help make a national coverage decision on the product.