Cell Data Service in TS Last Sat. Nite...

Better than usual. I was able to send a text during the game

It was horrible for me! It wasn't bad for the Vanderbilt game but last weekend, I got about 10 texts after I got to the parking lot that had been sent to me while I was in the stadium.

There's some myth about a reception blocker on campus, but it's bullshite. Most people around here use AT&T so when all of these thousand of people get into the stadium, the signal available is being split thousands of ways. Verizon has far less customers in this region so they have more network available.

my iPhone worked during the LSU game for the first time since I bought it a 18 months ago or so. If you shut it off and reboot it helped.

I was able to get sportacular for scores infrequently.

Didn't try to call or read email as that is useless generally.

Even at smaller events such as Jazz Fest or Festival International iPhone always has problems with large crowds.

I had verizon up until last week. I always got text instantly with no problem.

I recently changed to ATT and didn't get a text till I walked to the parking lot after the game.

my iphone dropped 3G pretty much all day...even down highland past LSU Ave I was only getting EDGE

I didn’t have any issue with my service during the day tailgating or at TS. All carriers can handle the tower traffic if they plan for it. All carriers plan for events like Mardi Gras, Jazz Fest, football games any large events becasue of the increase in traffic on the towers. So if you experience service [latency] issues; it is most likley because that carrier did not plan for the added traffic. If your service issue is consistent game to game; then that carrier probably doesnt have enough towers to reroute traffic or they are operating close or over 100% capacity.

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Here's a weird fix to getting your texts: Call some number you know won't answer (like your own home or room or something.) You'll usually get missed texts within a second. If you really, really need them, it works.

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This does work. My friend was wondering why I was calling my house during the game Saturday and I was telling him sometimes it is the only way I can get texts during a game.

I have Verizon and I've never had a problem calling or texting from Tiger Stadium

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i wonder if Verizon being a sponsor for LSU has anything to do with it?

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I vote for this conspiracy. Verizon 'pays' for the ads in TS. Not sure, seriously, if it has anything to do with it but I could do nothing with my phone in the stadium even though I had all bars and 3G. Folks next me had Verizon and were tearing it up. Does make you wonder.