dubbledee
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 Original Post 2012-Jan-15, 08:14 PM
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Not surprisingly, today's racecourses are awash with technology.
Most of us carry a mobile; many of us carry a smart phone; some have tablets or netbooks, etc. I started going to the races when transistor radios were banned, and when the nearest phone was in a red booth a mile down the road. Now I feel let down when I can't log in to a TAB site. 
Things seem to work fine on "normal" days, but from my experience, the services go into meltdown on the big days. I know that it can be impossible to make a mobile call from EF on Melbourne Cup day.
Yesterday at GC, with a crowd of around 17,000 packed in like veritable sardines, I found that the mobile phone network was a log jam. We were also unable to connect to the net. The wasn't a problem for me, but I'm sure it was for others. Hopefully, it saved some from having a losing bet. The tote was also "down" for part of the day. Presumably the problems are inter-related.
What happened at Flemington over the Carnival days? Were phone and net services locked up??
Will be appreciated if forumites with experience/knowledge in modern communications throw in their thoughts on these matters.
What can a race club do to alleviate any or some of the frustrations? Is it feasible to have an on-course network to serve up to 10,000 Tweeters? Or can there be a "booster" transmitter for the major networks.
As ya see, I don't know a lot about this stuff.
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