The Best Stadium Wi-Fi Do You Know The Score?

Charles Burns June 10th, 2015

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Which world-famous event experienced over

34,000 Wi-Fi device connections over

the period of 3 days?

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d. Glastonbury

c. The Henley Regatta

b. The Ryder Cup

a. The Tour De France

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The Ryder Cup 2014

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At the 2014 Ryder Cup, the highest number of connections to

one Wi-Fi access point was 24,300

but where was it located?

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d. Lost Property

b. The Pavilion Tent

c. The Beer Tent

a. The 18th Hole

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The Jockey Club 2014

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How many acres of ground were covered with Wi-Fi at

the 2014 Cheltenham Festival?

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c. 101

b. 280

d. 350

a. 16

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The Sands Expo

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The world’s busiest convention center space, covers over 2.2 million square feet

– how many Wi-Fi access points does it take to cover the entire

venue?

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c. 1500

b. 2000

a. 200

d. 850

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Liverpool Football Stadium

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At Liverpool Football Stadium which application consumes

the most bandwidth?

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c. YouTube

b. Facebook

a. Dropbox

d. SkyBet

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The Best Wi-Fi on the Planet

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Enterprise Wi-Fi networks are not designed for density.

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The Painful Reality of Wi-Fi

Public Access networks are not designed for performance.

Public Access Wi-Fi networks are not secure.

Lack of application control delivers an inconsistent user experience.

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Enterprise Wi-Fi networks are not designed for density.

Public Access networks are not designed for performance.

Lack of application control delivers an inconsistent user experience.

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The Painful Reality of Wi-Fi

Public Access Wi-Fi networks are not secure.

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Enterprise Wi-Fi networks are not designed for density.

Public Access networks are not designed for performance.

Lack of application control delivers an inconsistent user experience.

Public Access Wi-Fi networks are not secure.

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The Painful Reality of Wi-Fi

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Enterprise Wi-Fi networks are not designed for density.

Lack of application control delivers an inconsistent user experience.

Public Access Wi-Fi networks are not secure.

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The Painful Reality of Wi-Fi

Public Access networks are not designed for performance.

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The State of Wi-Fi

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SOURCE: Cisco VNI Mobile, Dell’Oro Group, Wireless LAN Report Five Year Forecast 2014-2018, Gartner, Gartner Strategy Analytics, Morgan Stanley Research

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The average smartphone will generate

of traffic per month by 2019 4.0GB 6.5M

Wi-Fi devices ship everyday

Globally, mobile data traffic will reach

24.3 per month by 2019 of users say that bad Wi-Fi has

kept them from doing their job 84%

of users think 76%

62% still use it

Public Wi-Fi is not secure

4.9B

connected things by 2015

Exabytes

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