mysterio Posted April 8, 2018 Share Posted April 8, 2018 Rumor is that next year’s show falls on Free Comic Book Day weekend. Terrible choice as most dealers will be a hard pass on setting up. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganparker Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I meant to post this a little earlier but does anyone know what was going on with the cell phone/LTE signal in the convention center? My phone showed LTE with full bars but the internet would not work at all. When I walked into the foyer by the windows it worked fine. Seems like the signal was being blocked inside the convention center (probably to force vendors to purchase the WiFi plan). Sure makes it tough for anyone who keeps their want list/collection online. CGC and most of the vendors were having issues with it as well. Some couldn’t process credit card payments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mysterio Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, loganparker said: I meant to post this a little earlier but does anyone know what was going on with the cell phone/LTE signal in the convention center? My phone showed LTE with full bars but the internet would not work at all. When I walked into the foyer by the windows it worked fine. Seems like the signal was being blocked inside the convention center (probably to force vendors to purchase the WiFi plan). Sure makes it tough for anyone who keeps their want list/collection online. CGC and most of the vendors were having issues with it as well. Some couldn’t process credit card payments. We had a similar experience. We were actually ok most of Saturday in processing Square transactions, but plenty of other dealers around us had a huge issue. But if you walked out into the lobby it was fine. I don't think it was blocked intentionally as much as it was a lot of phones inside a concrete box with limited signal penetration. I've run into this problem enough that I screenshot my online want list so I can access it in a con if the signal is . Edited April 18, 2018 by mysterio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganparker Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 Maybe so. I still think they’re able to somehow “dampen” the signal since I’ve also experienced this in large sporting event coliseums. My phone showed LTE with full bars yet no pages would load. Walk into the foyer by the window and still LTE with full bars and the pages loaded instantly. Really put a hamper on accessing sites such as GPA (for those unplanned purchases). I’ll have my want list copied next time like you suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Boyd Posted April 18, 2018 Share Posted April 18, 2018 I had similar problems with my phone, which made it difficult to communicate with members of my team not on radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
