cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

service

Simmonumber1
Level 1: Joiner
  • 1 Posts
  • 1 Topics
  • 0 Solutions
Registered:

Why is it the data and signal goes inside football stadiums. When Virgin was with EE, I never had this problem

Message 1 of 8
812 Views
7 REPLIES 7

MI5
Level 94: Supreme
  • 150427 Posts
  • 642 Topics
  • 28640 Solutions
Registered:

@Simmonumber1 

Simply due to the number of people connected to the nearest mast.

EE have repeaters in lots of stadiums, way more that O2 do.

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.
Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.
Message 2 of 8
807 Views

Oxonian
Level 36: Perceptive
  • 10274 Posts
  • 251 Topics
  • 32 Solutions
Registered:

@MI5 wrote:

@Simmonumber1 

Simply due to the number of people connected to the nearest mast.

EE have repeaters in lots of stadiums, way more that O2 do.


 

Wembley Stadium is, of course, sponsored by EE ; would be quite embarrassing for them if the signal therein was not tip-top !  👍

Message 3 of 8
771 Views

MI5
Level 94: Supreme
  • 150427 Posts
  • 642 Topics
  • 28640 Solutions
Registered:

Indeed

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.
Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.
Message 4 of 8
768 Views

madasaf1sh
Level 78: King of Kings
  • 11759 Posts
  • 64 Topics
  • 3183 Solutions
Registered:

BT Put lots of infrastructure into stadia, due to deals with the football clubs, and to help with their Sports TV Broadcasting now TNT Sports, so put up lots of femtocells and have dark fibre into a lot of them... so other networks have to rely on outside masts... 

Also its a long time since VM was with EE, as they have been to Vodafone and then over to o2 since then....

--
iPhone 16 Pro Max - o2 and Spusu
Xperia 1V - Spusu

--
This is not customer services and we dont have access to your account
I do not work for o2 or any VMo2 /Telefonica/Liberty Global Company
Message 5 of 8
761 Views

Oxonian
Level 36: Perceptive
  • 10274 Posts
  • 251 Topics
  • 32 Solutions
Registered:

@madasaf1sh wrote:

BT Put lots of infrastructure into stadia, due to deals with the football clubs, and to help with their Sports TV Broadcasting now TNT Sports, so put up lots of femtocells and have dark fibre into a lot of them... so other networks have to rely on outside masts... 

Also its a long time since VM was with EE, as they have been to Vodafone and then over to o2 since then....


 

I assume @madasaf1sh that such stadia have one or more private networks for the use of the media, the club's own streaming services and the like ; with those networks not being visible to mere supporters ? 

Message 6 of 8
758 Views

MI5
Level 94: Supreme
  • 150427 Posts
  • 642 Topics
  • 28640 Solutions
Registered:

Most likely satellite uplinks.

I have no affiliation whatsoever with O2 or any subsidiary companies. Comments posted are entirely of my own opinion. This is not Customer Service so we are unable to help with account specific issues.
Please select the post that helped you best and mark as the solution. This helps other members in resolving their issues faster. Thank you.
Message 7 of 8
757 Views

madasaf1sh
Level 78: King of Kings
  • 11759 Posts
  • 64 Topics
  • 3183 Solutions
Registered:

They only get one or 2 dark fibre installs into the Stadia and these are then routed to a POP usually the closest Data Centre, the networks they use in stadia are separated by VLAN's on the switches, so the can have a VLAN for Public Mobile Access and one for Stadia IOT Devices, and then another for Broadcast... and Satellite Uplinks are a lot more expensive than dark fibre connections, hence the use of them... 

 

I have gone through this on some locations where we have setup events, which have in excess of 100K people per day with multiple broadcasters... as well as corporate and vendors... 

--
iPhone 16 Pro Max - o2 and Spusu
Xperia 1V - Spusu

--
This is not customer services and we dont have access to your account
I do not work for o2 or any VMo2 /Telefonica/Liberty Global Company
Message 8 of 8
747 Views