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AT&T data speed during tailgate
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:55 pm
I'm thinking about bringing a laptop to stream the morning and afternoon games at our tailgate via an AT&T data card. Anyone ever paid attention to their 3G data speeds on campus during gameday? I figure I need 500-600 kbps for anything watchable.
I'm working on getting a guest pass for the on-campus wifi but no luck as of yet.
Thoughts?
I'm working on getting a guest pass for the on-campus wifi but no luck as of yet.
Thoughts?
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Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:57 pm to Humanmanguy
That network will be crushed. Cell phones and the like are practically unusable.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:58 pm to Humanmanguy
Lot of people on campus and most have AT&T. With my experience the bandwidth is extremely slow to not available at all during this timeframe.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:58 pm to SG_Geaux
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That network will be crushed. Cell phones and the like are practically unusable.
This! Happens every game. Count on it.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:59 pm to Humanmanguy
first two answers are dead on. Thousands and thousands of people on campus using phones and such at the same time. I don't know about a laptop but its often times hard to get calls and texts to go out on gamedays.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:59 pm to Humanmanguy
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I'm thinking about bringing a laptop to stream the morning and afternoon games at our tailgate via an AT&T data card. Anyone ever paid attention to their 3G data speeds on campus during gameday? I figure I need 500-600 kbps for anything watchable.
I'm working on getting a guest pass for the on-campus wifi but no luck as of yet.
Thoughts?
You probably won't even have 3G access.
Last few games I went to, 3G wasn't available and even with the mobile cell towers, the network was still packed and about unusable.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 1:59 pm to la_birdman
fwiw, exact same around the dome as well
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:01 pm to Humanmanguy
Get a student to sign into lsusecure for you and use LSUs wifi to stream the games.
This post was edited on 9/15/10 at 2:03 pm
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:02 pm to Humanmanguy
Pretty much agree with everyone else. I have trouble sending out texts on gameday much less checking Facebook or Twitter. I can't imagine you would be able to stream anything worth a frick.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:04 pm to Humanmanguy
Just like everyone said as more people pile onto campus the worse off your data speed is going to be. I found my AT&T phone became about worthless about an hour before kickoff... but my sprint phone on the other hand still worked fine (I'm guessing that not many people had sprint). So maybe if you try another carrier?
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:04 pm to Humanmanguy
HDTV + Rabbit Ears for free HD games on networks
This post was edited on 9/15/10 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:04 pm to Humanmanguy
There was an article over the summer about AT&T upgrading their network in BR and specifically on campus. If that didn't happen your AT&T signal will be less than useless.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:05 pm to Humanmanguy
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I'm thinking about bringing a laptop to stream the morning and afternoon games at our tailgate
J/K dude. 3G and the phone system doesn't work that well while tailgating. Rabbit ears or satalite is still the way to go.Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:06 pm to Humanmanguy
it will be shite at best. don't expect to much...
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:11 pm to Tigerdew
The airways were jammed into oblivion all day and night during last years UF game. Cell phones = useless.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:47 pm to Nawlens Gator
No doubt, At&t is worthless on gameday. I don't get texts from earlier in the day after I get off campus late at night. If they could just get the basic phone and text services to work I would be extremely happy.
Posted on 9/15/10 at 2:54 pm to GWfool
if you are near the parade grounds lsusecure should work. I think there is a coverage map if you search lsu.edu for it
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