Hotspots and charging stations

DS1119
DS1119 Posts: 33,497
edited September 2011 in The Porch
Dear Ten Club,

I think it will be very important to most fan club members to have available some free wifi hotpsots and some charging stations. From what I hear about cell strength at Alpine Valley, these will be really important to have.

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  • capthowdy1027
    capthowdy1027 Posts: 3,270
    I've never seen a charging station at a venue before, do things like this actually exist?
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  • tschav
    tschav Posts: 2,900
    It'd be a nice perk in the 10c member area.
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    capthowdy1027 wrote:
    I've never seen a charging station at a venue before, do things like this actually exist?


    I don't know really? I mean I have seen them at airports. Even if inside and outside the Expo center they put out 20 or 30 surge protectors into random outlets that may be there. You know, turning each outlet into maybe 10 or so plugs. We would just need to bring our chargers.
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    please stop by the PJ81 tent to plug your charger into my truck.

    $5 per 15 minutes of charge time.

    i will also have beer and brats available for sale as well.

    baggo games will be $10 per game per participate, 4 player min. winning team will get a PJ20 sticker
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    DS1119 wrote:
    Dear Ten Club,

    I think it will be very important to most fan club members to have available some free wifi hotpsots and some charging stations. From what I hear about cell strength at Alpine Valley, these will be really important to have.

    :)

    Tin sez: "Alpine Valley is not like your urban venue. There won't be anything like that, you should just breathe in the fresh air and take in some good old mid-western hospitality...honestly I wish we could require people to leave their phones in their cars"
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,968
    Some large festivals have charging stations, but they are usually sponsored by wireless providers.....the would cause everyone to cry "sell-out"...and ironically, the same people would use the charging stations so that they'd have the juice to text "sell-out" as well!
  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    RKCNDY wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    Dear Ten Club,

    I think it will be very important to most fan club members to have available some free wifi hotpsots and some charging stations. From what I hear about cell strength at Alpine Valley, these will be really important to have.

    :)

    Tin sez: "Alpine Valley is not like your urban venue. There won't be anything like that, you should just breathe in the fresh air and take in some good old mid-western hospitality...honestly I wish we could require people to leave their phones in their cars"

    :lol:
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  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,553
    DS1119 wrote:
    Dear Ten Club,

    I think it will be very important to most fan club members to have available some free wifi hotpsots and some charging stations. From what I hear about cell strength at Alpine Valley, these will be really important to have.

    :)
    Why? No seriously why do you need this?
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    tremors wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    Dear Ten Club,

    I think it will be very important to most fan club members to have available some free wifi hotpsots and some charging stations. From what I hear about cell strength at Alpine Valley, these will be really important to have.

    :)

    Tin sez: "Alpine Valley is not like your urban venue. There won't be anything like that, you should just breathe in the fresh air and take in some good old mid-western hospitality...honestly I wish we could require people to leave their phones in their cars"

    :lol:

    It's nice to have use of your phone for the reason they were invented. Convenience and safety. All I know is if I lose my fiance or my other buddies I would like the ability to make a quick call and meet up than search for three hours looking for someone.

    And as far as referring to Alpine Valley not being like an urban venue...anywhere that charges 50 dollars a day for access to extra sh1tters and offers $2000 weekend hotel packages, it's far from a "Kum Ba Yah" festival. Just give us some hotspots and charging stations please!!
  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,902
    As I thought for this thread:

    When I did Coachella back in 07 they had charging stations.... however the charging stations were literally stationary bikes hooked up to a small scale generator, and in order to charge your phone you had to get on the bikes and power the generator... it was pretty neat and could realistically be done anywhere...

    Just sayin... ;)
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    shep wrote:
    As I thought for this thread:

    When I did Coachella back in 07 they had charging stations.... however the charging stations were literally stationary bikes hooked up to a small scale generator, and in order to charge your phone you had to get on the bikes and power the generator... it was pretty neat and could realistically be done anywhere...

    Just sayin... ;)

    With the complexity of smartphones now in relation to phones in 2007 I really wouldn't want to trust charging it to my ability to peddle at a consistent speed. :D
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    DS1119 wrote:

    It's nice to have use of your phone for the reason they were invented. Convenience and safety. All I know is if I lose my fiance or my other buddies I would like the ability to make a quick call and meet up than search for three hours looking for someone.

    And as far as referring to Alpine Valley not being like an urban venue...anywhere that charges 50 dollars a day for access to extra sh1tters and offers $2000 weekend hotel packages, it's far from a "Kum Ba Yah" festival. Just give us some hotspots and charging stations please!!

    but as one poster said "reception at Alpine sucks" so your phone would be useless...I'm getting:
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbPjf7WAZjAIMNjrzPA3W1ymAFvpkoPVB9vsdtQayIxXhu073v
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • JOEJOEJOE
    JOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,968
    RKCNDY wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:

    It's nice to have use of your phone for the reason they were invented. Convenience and safety. All I know is if I lose my fiance or my other buddies I would like the ability to make a quick call and meet up than search for three hours looking for someone.

    And as far as referring to Alpine Valley not being like an urban venue...anywhere that charges 50 dollars a day for access to extra sh1tters and offers $2000 weekend hotel packages, it's far from a "Kum Ba Yah" festival. Just give us some hotspots and charging stations please!!

    but as one poster said "reception at Alpine sucks" so your phone would be useless...I'm getting:
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbPjf7WAZjAIMNjrzPA3W1ymAFvpkoPVB9vsdtQayIxXhu073v

    People will think you are a narc...or maybe agent 99!
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    RKCNDY wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:

    It's nice to have use of your phone for the reason they were invented. Convenience and safety. All I know is if I lose my fiance or my other buddies I would like the ability to make a quick call and meet up than search for three hours looking for someone.

    And as far as referring to Alpine Valley not being like an urban venue...anywhere that charges 50 dollars a day for access to extra sh1tters and offers $2000 weekend hotel packages, it's far from a "Kum Ba Yah" festival. Just give us some hotspots and charging stations please!!

    but as one poster said "reception at Alpine sucks" so your phone would be useless...I'm getting:
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQbPjf7WAZjAIMNjrzPA3W1ymAFvpkoPVB9vsdtQayIxXhu073v

    When the reception is poor all the more reason for charging stations. Batteries drain quicker in low coverage areas. I have spoken to people who have been to the venue and I'm told it's not so much that coverage sucks, its just a lack of towers. Sometimes you may not be able to make a call but call quality is fine if the tower picks you up. Texting and email will be the most reliable form of communication using the phone.
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    JOEJOEJOE wrote:

    People will think you are a narc...or maybe agent 99!

    then I'll be sure to know when to run from the fuzz in case I'm burning one... ;)
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • GratefulJam
    GratefulJam Posts: 1,803
    Well Said!!


    It's nice to have use of your phone for the reason they were invented. Convenience and safety. All I know is if I lose my fiance or my other buddies I would like the ability to make a quick call and meet up than search for three hours looking for someone.

    And as far as referring to Alpine Valley not being like an urban venue...anywhere that charges 50 dollars a day for access to extra sh1tters and offers $2000 weekend hotel packages, it's far from a "Kum Ba Yah" festival. Just give us some hotspots and charging stations please!![/quote]
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  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,902
    DS1119 wrote:
    shep wrote:
    As I thought for this thread:

    When I did Coachella back in 07 they had charging stations.... however the charging stations were literally stationary bikes hooked up to a small scale generator, and in order to charge your phone you had to get on the bikes and power the generator... it was pretty neat and could realistically be done anywhere...

    Just sayin... ;)

    With the complexity of smartphones now in relation to phones in 2007 I really wouldn't want to trust charging it to my ability to peddle at a consistent speed. :D

    Yea, that was why they ran the generator off of the bikes and through a system of conditioners and rectifiers before plugging it into your phone...

    but what do I know, I'm not a electrical engineer....
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
  • DS1119
    DS1119 Posts: 33,497
    shep wrote:
    DS1119 wrote:
    shep wrote:
    As I thought for this thread:

    When I did Coachella back in 07 they had charging stations.... however the charging stations were literally stationary bikes hooked up to a small scale generator, and in order to charge your phone you had to get on the bikes and power the generator... it was pretty neat and could realistically be done anywhere...

    Just sayin... ;)

    With the complexity of smartphones now in relation to phones in 2007 I really wouldn't want to trust charging it to my ability to peddle at a consistent speed. :D

    Yea, that was why they ran the generator off of the bikes and through a system of conditioners and rectifiers before plugging it into your phone...

    but what do I know, I'm not a electrical engineer....


    If it walks like an electrical engineer and talks like an electrical engineer...it's a duck. :lol:
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,732
    81 wrote:
    please stop by the PJ81 tent to plug your charger into my truck.

    $5 per 15 minutes of charge time.

    i will also have beer and brats available for sale as well.

    baggo games will be $10 per game per participate, 4 player min. winning team will get a PJ20 sticker
    no hetty veggie burritos or grilled cheese?
    pffffffffft............... ;)
  • shep
    shep Houston Posts: 5,902
    DS1119 wrote:

    If it walks like an electrical engineer and talks like an electrical engineer...it's a duck. :lol:

    :lol: mechanical engineer actually... :P
    Houston, Texas... Believe it or not, there are 7 million people here... must be a couple of fans who'd love to see you play.
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