The Democrats are planning on writing history this week with the convention scheduled to take place in Denver. Tens of thousands of attendees are expected to arrive, including thousands of journalists and over 100 bloggers.

However, in addition to “spreading the word,” the Democrats have also been working on ensuring that the huge crowd will benefit from the adequate communications infrastructure. In order to have that, they’ll benefit from the support of Qwest, Cisco Systems and others.

These companies will ensure an upgraded infrastructure for the Pepsi Center and Invesco Field, which will hopefully not get overwhelmed by the large number of laptops, phones and other gadgets brought by the roughly 75,000 participants.

Qwest has already added over 2,600 additional data lines and 3,400 voice circuits to the existing infrastructure, which should take care of the intense traffic during Obama’s nomination acceptance week. Damon Jones, spokesperson for the Democratic National Convention Committee, said they had to duplicate a lot of the infrastructure.

Furthermore, such a large convention will of course require a solid security system. Undercover agents are already working on preventing any threats, including nuclear terrorism. A total of 62 agencies will be ready to intervene in case of emergency.

Barack Obama will deliver a speech on Thursday at the Pepsi Center, on a platform set 6 inches above the playing field. This year, the Democrats want to turn the convention into the biggest one in the history.

But they’re not the only one trying to make history, as the Republicans are also preparing for their convention, which will kick off on September 1 in Minneapolis.