Cell Phone Service at Apogee

[Tree]

I could not place a call in the new stadium. Texts seem to work but the network was maxed out. I have MetroPCS. Did you have any luck with your wireless provider? Hopefully Apogee the company can help with the wireless network in the future. I know they don't have anything to do with the cell phone network but it would be nice to have a fast wireless connection to update social network sites.

[UNT 90 Grad]

I had a little trouble with AT&T, but wasn't completely dead in the water. I did receive a text about 20 minutes after it was sent at one point.

[kalebschumann]

I have AT&T. I had the darndest time trying to tweet pics of the stadium. I couldn't send texts either. I imagine 25,000 phones jamming the network in a concrete bowl doesn't do the best thing for signal.

[Green P1]

Happened to me. Also happens at the Ballpark in Arlington. The price of being big time.

[forevereagle]

Verizon worked fine for me, a little slower than normal, but I still got my Scorecenter updates just fine.

[Eagle-96]

I had big trouble with AT&T. Texts and emails did not transmit and the signal was weak to non-existent. Hopefully it is something they work on as it is nice to be able to get the stream of the radio play by play while at the game.

Edited September 15, 2011 by Eagle-96

[VideoEagle]

Sprint worked fine for me. Data was slower than usual, but not a LOT slower than usual. I got two (unwanted) phone calls during the game.

[UNTcrazy727]

I couldn't do a thing on my iPhone. Whenever I go to events like last Saturday's game I always have trouble, but never to the extent of what I did Saturday.

[kalebschumann]

I wonder if they'll have Eaglenet out there too... Maybe that's too much to ask for. Free wi-fi at my sporting events... *spoiled*

[FireFightnJoey]

I had no problems with Verizon.

[stebo]

Sprint was working great but they share towers with Verizon. No problems at all with texts or calls, data was a little slow. In the AA center, Sprint works great and ATT sucks. At the Ballpark in Arlington its the exact opposite, Sprint is spotty in the actual park ..OK in the concourse and ATT works good inside but not out. Its the placement of the towers, the frequency, and the carrier. Metro piggybacks on the old iDen network i think (Nextel and other pre paid) and is sometimes strong but not in crowded places.

[Coffee and TV]

Yeah had a little trouble getting data on T-Mobile. I think they share towers with AT&T

[Harry]

AT&T was a struggle all day. Tweets took forever and some never made it. Hope they can improve on this.

[Matt]

AT&T was a struggle all day. Tweets took forever and some never made it. Hope they can improve on this.

I doubt it will change any time soon if at all It's the same in College Station on game day. You might as well not even think about picking up your phone. (AT&T anyway)

[bstnsportsfan3]

My Verizon Droid worked fine!!!

[Quoner]

This has been a problem at sporting events, concerts and group gatherings for more than a decade. Lucky for me, AT&T customers have it the worst. No problems at any games since I switched to Verizon/Droid.

Congratulations guys, you just learned something neat about cellular coverage in large crowds. Let's hope it continues to be a problem all season long.

[Dr. Seuss]

They are also having the same problem in the new business building... If you have an iphone you can turn off your 3g to g and it usually works better

[EagleMBA]

I second that.

[VideoEagle]

They are also having the same problem in the new business building... If you have an iphone you can turn off your 3g to g and it usually works better

I understand AT&T was going to shut down the old Edge (2nd generation network) soon to use the bandwidth for their 4g system.

[kalebschumann]

I understand AT&T was going to shut down the old Edge (2nd generation network) soon to use the bandwidth for their 4g system.

Gosh I hope not! All I get is Edge out here in Jacksboro!