The Big Screen

[PL2 3DQ]

I tried out the lower Mayflower for the first time for the Bristol City pre-season game and found the phone signal for O2 a lot better than in the Lyndhurst, although I did have a phone mast close to me on the roof of the Barn Park End and the stadium was nowhere near capacity.

O2 can be pants, hit and miss.

 

[Pilgrims Progress]

I’m in block 12 and I’ll be able to see it easily.

Perhaps if you're sat in the lower tiers but if you are up in the gods like me no chance and by the end of the
season you will probably incur a chiropractor's bill for a neck problem.

 

[green pants]

Most networks have great signal at HP, the problem is bandwidth on the towers... You probably get a decent number of bars on your mobile (not that this even means anything technically) so If you think of the signal as being how good a connection to the tower you have with your hosepipe, and the actual internet as being the water, the tower only has so much water to go around... On non matchdays you'll find you can get a decent speed and decent connection, on matchdays it's very stuttering and generally poor... This is because of the thousands of people all connecting to the same tower .. you'll notice this anytime you are in a large crowd of people and try to access the mobile network.

 

[IJN]

So the sprinklers are at fault!

 

[Bryan Tregunna]

Too many fans?

 

[Adam]

Too many fans?

If that’s the case, they must be on gigabyte speeds at St James’s!

 

[The Doctor]

Most networks have great signal at HP, the problem is bandwidth on the towers... You probably get a decent number of bars on your mobile (not that this even means anything technically) so If you think of the signal as being how good a connection to the tower you have with your hosepipe, and the actual internet as being the water, the tower only has so much water to go around... On non matchdays you'll find you can get a decent speed and decent connection, on matchdays it's very stuttering and generally poor... This is because of the thousands of people all connecting to the same tower .. you'll notice this anytime you are in a large crowd of people and try to access the mobile network.

👏 I do love a good analogy - it's often the best way to explain physics. It doesn't matter how good your pipes are, if there's not much water then you only ever get a spluttering trickle [something I am sure some on here can relate to...]

 

[green pants]

👏 I do love a good analogy - it's often the best way to explain physics. It doesn't matter how good your pipes are, if there's not much water then you only ever get a spluttering trickle [something I am sure some on here can relate to...]

Exactly!! 🤣🤣🤣

 

[MonkeyNuts]

Most networks have great signal at HP, the problem is bandwidth on the towers... You probably get a decent number of bars on your mobile (not that this even means anything technically) so If you think of the signal as being how good a connection to the tower you have with your hosepipe, and the actual internet as being the water, the tower only has so much water to go around... On non matchdays you'll find you can get a decent speed and decent connection, on matchdays it's very stuttering and generally poor... This is because of the thousands of people all connecting to the same tower .. you'll notice this anytime you are in a large crowd of people and try to access the mobile network.

Yep… exactly that

 

[Pilgrims Progress]

Yep… exactly that

How has this thread gone from The Big Screen to one about phone junkies?
Getting back to the screen, if we can only afford the one perhaps it could have been positioned at the back of
block 20 in the crowd separation area where no one sits and could be viewed from most parts of the ground.

 

[Newmansd]

Can't wait to have a Big Screen at Home Park... It'll feel like another important part of the overall jigsaw. Best stadium in League One soon?!

 

[Old Gunner]

👏 I do love a good analogy - it's often the best way to explain physics. It doesn't matter how good your pipes are, if there's not much water then you only ever get a spluttering trickle [something I am sure some on here can relate to...]

It's more of a problem when there's too much water and the pipe's blocked!

 

[saxman]

I leave my mobile in my pocket most of the time and check it after the match in case something important has happened.

 

[Emeraldinho]

Can't wait to have a Big Screen at Home Park... It'll feel like another important part of the overall jigsaw. Best stadium in League One soon?!

I suspect Bolton, Derby, MKD and Charlton fans might dispute that last sentence.

 

[Tugboat]

I suspect Bolton, Derby, MKD and Charlton fans might dispute that last sentence.

And SW