This happens to like ALL carriers at Beaver Stadium. Its not even possible to make a call or send a text. You would think since ATT is a sponsor they would have good reception but they dont 
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Network overloaded at college ballgame?
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Ah!
I was at the Minnesota State Fair the other week on a day when there was record attendance: (132,738 attending, the week after one days visit was in excess of 234,000 people!)
It wasn't just AT&T and iPhones that had issues, friends on other carriers and people around us were having problems.
That many people in such a small area is going to saturate what's available.
I was at the Minnesota State Fair the other week on a day when there was record attendance: (132,738 attending, the week after one days visit was in excess of 234,000 people!)
It wasn't just AT&T and iPhones that had issues, friends on other carriers and people around us were having problems.
That many people in such a small area is going to saturate what's available.
Happens to me at KU games in Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, KS, the Irony of course? "AT&T is the exclusive Wireless partner of the Jayhawks." Which results in multiple things on the screen asking people in the stadium to text something to AT&T. Every time "My F&*%^(NG iPhone doesn't work can be heard from throughout the stadium." Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint work like a charm every time. It's BS really, NOTHING works, and no AT&T 3G phones work, I left the stadium and got 20 Text Messages. AT&T really needs to step up on adding capacity at stadiums, especially ones they sponsor.
(P.S the later 3 carriers have COWS set up down the street, for what seems to be permanent installations for the Football season.)
(P.S the later 3 carriers have COWS set up down the street, for what seems to be permanent installations for the Football season.)
My iphone is useless at every bama game. Then data is slow until late night the next day. Thats after they supposedly upgraded the local network in tuscaloosa
This.
My phone was pretty much useless at Wachovia Center earlier this year. Once I left, I was hit with a barrage of missed texts.
Hmm Im amazed at all the unique places where people cant get reception... I mean so many different locations even states away... I wonder what could be the reason... Sry for the sarcasm but yeah we know its because of the 10k-40k people with their cellphones on... Even if not in use still using data and pushing emails etc... Its just life until they figure out someway to fix it which obviously in 2yrs from when this thread was started they have not.
I'm sure I posted this way back on page 1, but let me reiterate....this is nothing new or iPhone related. Ever since my Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems service went to TDMA (10 years ago), every U of Texas football game I attend I run into this problem. You can see the COWs in place, but they apparently didn't do much to help.
It was irritating at first, not getting data and all, but after a while, I realized that it was nice to be at a game without people being able to reach me instantly, and without me having so much information available to me instantly. Just focusing on the game, the people around me, and the nice evening weather was a really nice change of pace.