There has been a lot of grumbling about student attendance/attitude at Virginia Tech. It seems like it is a larger issue affecting all of college football. I'm normally not a fan of Dennis Dodd, but I thought this was interesting:
In era of technological, financial change, has college football peaked?
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Good Article Indeed.
I know Gillette Stadium (Patriots) just installed a stadium wide WiFi network, maybe this is what the world is coming to I guess. I can't blame the business side of it though.
When I go to a Hokies football game, or any game, I don't give a crap about my phone, but whatever, people these days.
maybe just a verizon thing
but I can't really use my phones at games anyway because I don't get service. Any games, not just LANE. Don't think I'd use it much even if I could. Stadium wide WiFi is a cool idea though.
i have heard tales of stadiums and racetracks blocking cellphone signals purposefully. why? couldnt tell ya but while i tend to get service in lane, i can never send pics. i hate when people call me during the game when they know i'm there anyways, i cant fucking hear you!
A common problem is not enough cell towers near stadiums. Because stadiums are only full for a couple hours a week, phone services don't put in extra towers to accommodate the mass influx. 3G and 4G will never work to their full potential during game times. WIFI would work better, but you would still have 50-100 thousand people trying to look at TKP, twitter, facebook, etc at intermissions, which is a lot of bandwidth.
I cannot get service anywhere on campus during gamedays. tOSU
I'd imagine that's mostly due to increased stress on the area's cell network. Not only are there a bunch of extra people in town for the day, but I'd bet that people are using their phones more trying to meet up with people or discuss the plans of the day and whatnot, especially immediately after the end of the game, or before if it is a blowout.
Also, I'd be curious to know exactly how large of an area (or how many people) a single tower is intended to cover.
Verizon is looking to install gear to provide coverage in Lane...
but nTelos is the official carrier of Virginia Tech!
The next big thing...
an app to simulate key-shaking?
uhhhh...I have that....
it switches between keys and the gobbler call.
*edit to add screenshot. also, I need to charge my phone...
And once again
I'm on the backside of the technology curve.
I use
my phone in Lane to check on injuries (during TV time-outs) or during instant replays occasionally if I couldn't see what happened but that's about it. Does that make me a bad person? probably
I know I was definitely using mine during the Michael Cole injury time-out, and pretty continuously afterward for the rest of the game...
And besides that, it is nice to be able to text others during time outs to discuss what's happening on the field.
That said, the rain has never prevented my presence at a football game, much less just because I'd rather be using my phone. Just keep it in a ziploc, it'll be fine.
I don't like going to OSU games when they conflict with the Hokies. Service is so bad during games, I cannot even get scores. I guess I enjoy watching more than the atmosphere.
I only noticed
..how bad the reception was for the first time when I attended the Texas A&M-LaTech game earlier this year. No matter where I was near the stadium I couldn't get any coverage. (verizon user)I only had my phone out to take pictures.
Trying to talk over crowd noise would be utterly useless. With that said, it'd pretty much take a car accident to stop me from attending a game. I've been in some shitty weather (last years independence bowl between Mizzou & UNC was freezing cold and rainy)