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meeting up with friends for a group campsite on Thursday. should we be worried about cell phone service? i haven't been since 2006 but had no problems back then from what i recall...
I'm a little worried about this to. Even thought to be honest I hope the thing doesn't work at all just so I want worry about making a call. I'm just worried that with all the Iphones out there this year that AT&T service will suck. How long has the Iphone been out? If it came out after the Roo in 06 the problems mff0rd6 talked about kind of proves my point.
I had Sprint and the reception seemed funky, but I think it was my phone finally pooping out on me. I couldn't call/text unless I was on roaming, so my battery life was about 12 hours, good thing I had free roaming on our plan. I had signal on Sprint most of the time, it just wouldnt let me connect or anything.
I had Sprint and the reception seemed funky, but I think it was my phone finally pooping out on me. I couldn't call/text unless I was on roaming, so my battery life was about 12 hours, good thing I had free roaming on our plan. I had signal on Sprint most of the time, it just wouldnt let me connect or anything.
anyone else have any experience w/ Sprint on the farm?
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 4, 2009 16:59:46 GMT -5
I had no problems with Sprint in 07. Occasionally had kinda a bad connection when I was talking to a friend (also on the farm) who had Verizon, so I don't know whose end the problem was on. But for the most part it was fine. And you can always text message if you're having trouble hearing each other if you're somewhere loud.
(And I'm just hoping the Pens will keep winning and finish it up in 6 so I don't have to miss that last game - I'm NOT going to be pleased if I miss it!)
(And I'm just hoping the Pens will keep winning and finish it up in 6 so I don't have to miss that last game - I'm NOT going to be pleased if I miss it!)
06 and 07, not so much... I could get a signal at What Stage in 06, but really, nowhere in 07... couldn't even get enough of a connection to successfully text, which halted a few meet ups.
ive always had trouble because of large amount of signals bouncing around (the room). i say you pick a designated meeting spot and time beforehand and stick to it and if not, hey, you will have a great time anyways.
Everyone's saying AT&T signal sucks, but is it sufficient for text messages? This is how me and my Roo-mate were going to keep in contact with each other (not like its a big deal or anything if we separate, just wondering).
Here's the big problem with AT&T these days: the iPhone. It uses up SO much of AT&T's bandwidth that it throttles their system. Try using it at a big sporting event. Roo is gonna be that much worse.
Last three years I've had no problems with Verizon, but my first year I has major problems with US Celluar.
From talking with people about it over the last few years, this is what I can gather. There are cell phone towers on the farm (explains the 4 bars I get almost everywhere). However, 80k people are all trying to to use the towers at basicly the same time. So during the peak times it's hard to get a voice connection and sometimes even texts can be delayed.
FWIW, use texts to communicate with your fellow rooers. It's probably going to be too loud to hear each other and if you miss your phone ringing you can just read the message instead of getting a garbled voicemail you can bearely hear over the band.
Texting is definitely the way to go. I have at&t and test message have worked fine for me at bonnaroo in the past. Voice calls are a bit more unreliable.
Post by weekapaug74 on Jun 8, 2009 12:14:48 GMT -5
I've had problems with AT&T at large events but I didn't have any issues at Bonnaroo last year.
At Lollapalooza last year AT&T was the sponsor of one of the main stages. I could not place/receive a call from Grant Park for all 3 days of the festival. Text messages sometimes got through but were often delayed by 45 minutes or longer.
I had a similar problem at Fenway during setbreak for Phish.
Last three years I've had no problems with Verizon, but my first year I has major problems with US Celluar.
From talking with people about it over the last few years, this is what I can gather. There are cell phone towers on the farm (explains the 4 bars I get almost everywhere). However, 80k people are all trying to to use the towers at basicly the same time. So during the peak times it's hard to get a voice connection and sometimes even texts can be delayed.
FWIW, use texts to communicate with your fellow rooers. It's probably going to be too loud to hear each other and if you miss your phone ringing you can just read the message instead of getting a garbled voicemail you can bearely hear over the band.
Anyone have more recent US Cellular experience? They may be roaming on Verizon's network there, not sure.
EDIT: Yeah, Manchester is out of US Cellular's coverage area, so I should be roaming on Verizon which looks pretty good. Does anyone know if Verizon had a strong 3G signal last year? Might have been on the newer side at that time.