Internet at Competitions

[khanh111]

From what I am understanding of these posts.

1. Everyone has issues with internet at competitions, so my team isn't alone in these problems.

2. Using wifi (2.4GHz or 5GHz) potentially messes with the field, and in any case there is still too much congestion on that spectrum as well. (which is why wifi and bluetooth generally aren't used).

3. One solution is to buy a device that is able to use a tower that is a few miles away, and link the devices with ethernet cables.

4. Another solution (what my team does) is to use a dongle/tethering/router hookup in order to get the data.

5. Some people seem to not like the idea of web apps, and to each their own. I think the thread may be more beneficial if we stayed on the topic of how to get a steady internet connection.

Anything I missed?

What I want to know is how reliable 3 and 4 are. That's what my team is looking for. Some reliability (especially at champs, where even the mobile networks die) is a must in order push data to the servers. Any thoughts/comments?