orenp Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Hi Folks, My name is Oren, and I am conducting a research study for a postgraduate sport management program. The focus of my project is to look into the introduction of new WIFI technology into Premier League stadiums- namely on-phone services (ticketless entry, ordering merchandise and concessions, voting for MoM etc...), customized replays, etc. We are looking to find out how would Southampton supporters feel about smartphone usage and WIFI services at St. Mary's Stadium. This technology already exists in MLS with Sporting Kansas City and are slowly being introduced into Premier League stadiums. The survey will only a few minutes to complete and we'd love it if you could share it among friends. The results of which will be distributed to the club and be presented to senior officials in the football industry in July. The more quality answers we have, the better we'll be able to explain our findings to the clubs. The best part of the survey, once you've completed the survey, you'll get a chance to win a jersey of your choice (Saints of course). We hope to get as many of your insights as possible. Here's the link to the survey and to our twitter handle: http://www.unipark.de/uc/2ndScreenEPL @fifamastadium Many thanks, Oren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 I can get wi-fi that the press use where I am at SMS except I don't have the password!! Apart from that, I don't get any data signal what so ever, and given how much one pays, the least the club could do is provide wi-fi. Done your survey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Keep it away. There are enough helmets on Facebook/twitter etc during games as it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 I just want it to check other scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotonist Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 I can get wi-fi that the press use where I am at SMS except I don't have the password!! Apart from that, I don't get any data signal what so ever, and given how much one pays, the least the club could do is provide wi-fi. Done your survey. I just want it to check other scores. I'm in the same boat tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintRobbie Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 There's almost no service in St Mary's as it is on a match day. So, not sure how you'd get it to work with 32000 logging on. But, in principle would be great to use my iPhone to get in and out and make life easier. Bandwidth permitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Get free WiFi in the Dell bar cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Got it at the KC stadium and it's free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 (edited) There's almost no service in St Mary's as it is on a match day. So, not sure how you'd get it to work with 32000 logging on. But, in principle would be great to use my iPhone to get in and out and make life easier. Bandwidth permitting. There are technologies available for bursty environments like sports stadium where scalability is needed. Cisco use their connect the crowd at man city. Liverpool spend a fortune of xirrus and it didn't work properly. Ruckus do a few stadiums in the states and are getting a foothold in the UK. The technology is there now, it wasn't 2 years ago. Clubs get ROI by advertising, downloadable programmes rather than paper copies, in game betting etc. Working as a 'printer cartridge telesalesist' I am involved in this regularly. Edited 18 June, 2014 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 i need it for bet365 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alejam Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 I can get it now. Its free WiFi when you go into the Dell bar. they change the password for each game. Only problem is that it drops out if you don't use it for a few minutes and have to log in again. Can also get it when I'm in my seat in the Kingsland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 (edited) I need it for this highly educational and insightful forum. Survey done Edited 18 June, 2014 by Bucks Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 I need it for this highly educational and insightful forum You'll be able to post on the match thread whilst at the match, yes ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orenp Posted 18 June, 2014 Author Share Posted 18 June, 2014 There are many potential services with wifi technology at the whole stadium. We are looking to find out what do you find useful and what not in order to provide a better understanding to clubs investing money in technology. All answers are good, as long as you leave them on the survey. Thanks for all the input! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bucks Saint Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 You'll be able to post on the match thread whilst at the match, yes ? No, but I would love to get the usual insight into the game on the points I may have missed, from those warriors watching on a stream someplace. During injury breaks and half time of course Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 You'll be able to post on the match thread whilst at the match, yes ? Even better, you'll be able to contradict Alpine during the game on the match thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Even better, you'll be able to contradict Alpine during the game on the match thread. You'll have 20000 fans inside the stadium on their phones racing to be the first to post 'corner to saints' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
positivepete Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 As mentioned above, wifi in Dell bar but not great. Most 3G is useless on match days, EE 4G had some success, but no doubt as more users get 4G the connections will get worse. O2 for instance bring extra masts to events such as Royal Ascot. There was a lot of publicity about the wifi at Man City when it was installed but I have not heard much about how usable it is. Most people expect connectivity these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 As mentioned above, wifi in Dell bar but not great. Most 3G is useless on match days, EE 4G had some success, but no doubt as more users get 4G the connections will get worse. O2 for instance bring extra masts to events such as Royal Ascot. There was a lot of publicity about the wifi at Man City when it was installed but I have not heard much about how usable it is. Most people expect connectivity these days. http://m.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/2266642/manchester-city-signs-cisco-and-o2-for-stadium-wifi-rollout Big fanfare from Cisco when this was announced. Liverpool spent nearly £250k on theirs and it didn't work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colinjb Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 "When did you last attend a football game at your clubs stadium." Despite being a season ticket holder, surely the time of year will horribly skew that question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 18 June, 2014 Share Posted 18 June, 2014 Got it at the KC stadium and it's free. Was excellent for sharing stuff with my FB friends who weren't there. Useless 3G at the moment and 4G is only better because very few people are currently using it in the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Dad Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Don't get the time to use wifi. I'm too busy watching the football match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatch Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 There should be age restrictions, like over 25s only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killers Knee Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 price included on the season ticket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Don't get the time to use wifi. I'm too busy watching the football match. Half time is when I want it. Or just a quick glance at other scores. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golac's Iron Gonads Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 It's England, any WIFI service is going to be 'kin awful, run by Boingo and will probably cost you a fiver for 20 minutes. I don't know how Hong Kong and Seoul airports, among others, manage to provide unlimited high speed WIFI completely free for everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffo Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 It seems some of you are there to sit comfortably and f*ck about on your phones rather than actually support the team. No wonder the atmosphere at St Mary's is crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
once_bitterne Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 There are technologies available for bursty environments like sports stadium where scalability is needed. Cisco use their connect the crowd at man city. Liverpool spend a fortune of xirrus and it didn't work properly. Ruckus do a few stadiums in the states and are getting a foothold in the UK. The technology is there now, it wasn't 2 years ago. Clubs get ROI by advertising, downloadable programmes rather than paper copies, in game betting etc. Working as a 'printer cartridge telesalesist' I am involved in this regularly. The technology has been available for many years. 5 years ago I able to sit in a US baseball stadium with 30,000 fans and log on to the stadium wi-fi during the game to check-in for my return flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didcot Saint Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 I can get it now. Its free WiFi when you go into the Dell bar. they change the password for each game. Only problem is that it drops out if you don't use it for a few minutes and have to log in again. Can also get it when I'm in my seat in the Kingsland. And me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 (edited) The technology has been available for many years. 5 years ago I able to sit in a US baseball stadium with 30,000 fans and log on to the stadium wi-fi during the game to check-in for my return flight. Okay, I'll rephrase my point. The technology, ie WIFI, was available, what wasn't there and was too expensive for it to show an ROI for clubs in England was people not using it all week, then 30-50,000 all wanting to be connected for 3 hours on a Saturday afternoon. Even now only a few vendors have got it right. As i said above Liverpool spent a fortune of xirrus wifi kit and it didn't work properly. Cisco and Ruckus have got it about right now but the rest are still lagging behind. So yes you probably could have connected to a baseball stadiums WIFI 5 years ago, but if 10000 others had tried to do it during a break in play it would have fallen on it's arse. That's what I'm referring too. A scalable solution for bursty environments so clubs aren't paying top whack for access points, licences etc that are only being used for for three hours once a fortnight. Edited 19 June, 2014 by Turkish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 (edited) It seems some of you are there to sit comfortably and f*ck about on your phones rather than actually support the team. No wonder the atmosphere at St Mary's is crap. It's symptomatic of a wider societal plague; same sort of mentality as the people that would rather live a match or a gig through a viewfinder. Filming a set piece on an iPad, what the hell? Each to their own I guess but I'd rather form memories by actually experiencing an event. Admittedly day-to-day I'm pretty keen on Twitter, but on matchday my phone's used for a quick comment on the way back to the car, not for anything other than watching the bloody game. TL;DR - I'm sure there's demand for Wi-Fi, but not need. Edited 19 June, 2014 by ant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 It seems some of you are there to sit comfortably and f*ck about on your phones rather than actually support the team. No wonder the atmosphere at St Mary's is crap. You're so stuck in the 80s. The atmosphere at football isn't crap, it's simply evolved from childish,lager swilling thugs leaping about to a more measured approach where we can show our delight of despair with a quick tweet or Facebook update. The atmosphere at matches theses days is not measured by how many decibels but by how many internet connections. Football has changed it's a shame some of our thuggish fans can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 wifi = other score updates during breaks in play, especially if I have wager on. It is almost impossible to get any sort of 3G/Wifi signal at any BPL ground. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Having actually filled the survey in now, I can only hope most of their suggestions don't come to pass. Visions of 32,000 people sat in silence, staring at their smartdevice for 90% of the match, watching replays and highlights rather than the live action and discussing the match with strangers online rather than the people next to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Mikey Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 I spoke to a contractor a few weeks ago, who said this was being installed at the stadium over the summer. Pretty reliable source as he was checking the quality of the electrical installation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holepuncture Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Interesting survey, though like many above, its all pretty much pointless as you cant get a signal in the stadium! Need to get that sorted first. I would like to pre-order half time pints, that would be better than having to go down early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 If you know someone at the stadium you can always get them to give you the wifi code every game... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesfp1 Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Impossible to check scores or put a bet on in st marys so yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restark19 Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 what's the betting every time you go to order a pint/watch a highlight you have to watch 2 or 3 adverts first. no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 I think we should get WiFi at the stadium if only to give some people something else to grumble about.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano6 Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Impossible to check scores or put a bet on in st marys so yes. Maybe it will impact the on-site betting too much so they don't want to lose that source of revenue. what's the betting every time you go to order a pint/watch a highlight you have to watch 2 or 3 adverts first. no thanks. I don't think it is mandatory to watch a highlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Restark19 Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 I don't think it is mandatory to watch a highlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mallagroth Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 what's the betting every time you go to order a pint/watch a highlight you have to watch 2 or 3 adverts first. no thanks. You are almost guaranteed to be correct. Advertising tis the revenue stream for nearly all the internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Hi Folks, My name is Oren, and I am conducting a research study for a postgraduate sport management program. The focus of my project is to look into the introduction of new WIFI technology into Premier League stadiums The plural is stadia. I know people are not fussy about that these days, but it would look better on your report if you used it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 The plural is stadia. I know people are not fussy about that these days, but it would look better on your report if you used it? Either is acceptable.... http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stadium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohio Saint Posted 19 June, 2014 Share Posted 19 June, 2014 Either is acceptable.... http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stadium I don't accept their authority since they chose to change the definition of "Literally" to accommodate the idiots who don't know what it means. Dictionaries are Literally dog poo. And that is an accurate usage of the word, because I feel it strongly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guan 2.0 Posted 20 June, 2014 Share Posted 20 June, 2014 I started filling in the survey, but then got scared that it was trying to give me a virus and turn me into an Iphone. So I panicked and filled in every box with 'Oren the Saints go marching in'. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 20 June, 2014 Share Posted 20 June, 2014 I started filling in the survey, but then got scared that it was trying to give me a virus and turn me into an Iphone. So I panicked and filled in every box with 'Oren the Saints go marching in'. Hope that helps. what a waste of an ITKer post... P.s. don't reply to this one....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonManager Posted 20 June, 2014 Share Posted 20 June, 2014 Don't mess with Oren.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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