Record usage of The Cloud WiFi at The Amex

[Everest]

Following Sunday’s nail bitting FA Cup match between Brighton and Hove Albion and Arsenal, the home team has reported record usage figures for the stadium’s free WiFi service, at The Amex Stadium. WiFi provider The Cloud saw over 13,000 devices connect to the network consuming a staggering 600,000 minutes of online time.

Understandably usage peaked; pre-match, at half time and after the match. The data shows a phenomenal amount of online activity before the match started with over 110,000 mbytes of data downloaded – nearly double the average data use at the stadium on a match day. With fans at Brighton & Hove Albion’s stadium being able to autoconnect to The Cloud WiFi once registered, usage has soared. Supporters are now simply activating WiFi and accessing the internet to check live scores, use social media and stream content for free.

 

[Brian Fantana]

I wonder who owns the data of people who sign up to the service? If it's BHAFC, that's a pretty powerful marketing database right there.

 

[Dave the OAP]

People around us really struggled to get on. I gave up

 

[Gazwag]

People around us really struggled to get on. I gave up

This, I find 4G works much better than the cloud

 

[Icy Gull]

I spend quite a bit of time online in my working and home life, I draw the line when I am out and about though. I can just about wait until half and full time to see what the scores are in other matches or to communicate with other fans in the stadium or friends elsewhere. hard to believe I know, but there you are, I'm outted.

 

[Superseagull69]

This, I find 4G works much better than the cloud

Yep me too. Have to wait over 5 mins just for a page to load on the Amex cloud. 4G almost instantaneous.

 

[halbpro]

Surprised, I found the Cloud worked brilliantly, whereas 3G (I didn't have any 4G signal for some reason) just wasn't working at all.

 

[clungemeister]

could be why the place is a fecking morgue...!!

 

[Stuart Munday]

Is it just me that finds it all a bit sad, after the game fair enough, but the amount of people glued to their phones during the match on Sunday makes you wonder why they bothered turning up in the first place.

 

[footychick]

Mine actually worked this time. Wouldn't work with my iPhone.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

This, I find 4G works much better than the cloud

I find that 3G works better than the cloud.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

As a matter of interest, what on earth was everybody using WiFi for on Sunday? The match was being played out, including replays, right in front of us, and there were Sky Sports News updates from elsewhere freely available on the tellies in the concourses.

 

[Wozza]

Everyone was busy posting images of ****s in half and half scarves (and shirts!), and Arsenal fans in the home end.

 

[8ace]

As a matter of interest, what on earth was everybody using WiFi for on Sunday? The match was being played out, including replays, right in front of us, and there were Sky Sports News updates from elsewhere freely available on the tellies in the concourses.

I looked up some racing results from Sedgefield and Leopardstown

 

[Curious Orange]

I wonder who owns the data of people who sign up to the service? If it's BHAFC, that's a pretty powerful marketing database right there.

I'm pretty sure that 'The Cloud' is a Sky service.

 

[Gazwag]

Is it just me that finds it all a bit sad, after the game fair enough, but the amount of people glued to their phones during the match on Sunday makes you wonder why they bothered turning up in the first place.

bet365 check out innit (not on sunday though as no other matches going on)

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

As a matter of interest, what on earth was everybody using WiFi for on Sunday? The match was being played out, including replays, right in front of us, and there were Sky Sports News updates from elsewhere freely available on the tellies in the concourses.

If you have set up the Cloud to autoconnect chances are much of that data traffic is automatically being downloaded rather than 'manually' requested - i.e. email, FB, twitter, etc all updating devices in the background.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Never used it at the AMEX, I watch the match and talk to fellow fans before the match and at half time.
I don't even answer my phone when I'm at the football.

Someone that sits near me has their iPad on throughout the match.

 

[Hampster Gull]

didn't really want to sign up to another service so didn't but for some reason my texting worked for the first time in ages. Perhaps not connected. Any conditions on signing up?

 

[Dirk Lehmann's Python]

No wonder the atmosphere is shite.