Mobile Phones at Cheltenham

Mine worked ok - was able to make bets from up in the grandstand seat and receive / send texts ok (via 02 network).

Ok cheers. Should add I am with Vodafone

I'm with Vodafone and no problems at all. Made bets and texts on phone all day.

I had incredible problems. Not too bad earlier and later in the day but during the business time was not certain to even get a message out.

Mate of mine went to put his last ton or so on Long Run, couldn't get any reception - he managed to log onto his online account just after to empty out on salsify though, happy days!

Been the last 3 years and never had much joy (with Orange). Often messages are delayed or won't send. And as for using 3G and the internet, its very hit and miss, but more miss

Some days ok Tuesday middle of course nothing,saved me few pounds though? network 3 who are not the best.

all week it was a joke on vodafone - took for ever to get on internet.

I'm on Vodafone and had limited signal for pretty much all of Tuesday, texts took forever to send & as for 3G data forget it !! No damage done as had backed & layed everything that I wanted before leaving home and made sure I'd done the same before heading back on Friday so didnt even check if it was any better then.

Have commented on this to Cheltenham in the questionnaire thing they sent out, never know they may give us all free wifi access next year :-)

McCooks I reckon there are two chances of that.

With vodafone and it was a nightmare all week.

my reception on o2 was a joke thursday and friday in tatts.

I'm on Orange, and in all fairness they were totally shocking. 3G was all over the place... Just wouldn't work at all. Was a total nightmare all week.

vodaphone , says it all really , im tied to acontract for nearly a year with vodaphone, last time for me, i also have a vodaphone dongle (im oncourse bookie)i never use it  as vodaphone are totaly hopeless, thankfully the dongle contract ends in a month or so.their mobile  broadband is  slow at best  and normally unavailable.i use two other dongles, connect three, tw3ice as fast and generaally reliable. i think vodaphone was the ist  mobile broadband and has not moved with the times.i needed to use the phone 4 or 5 times at chelters but as you  also pointed out  with no success.

I'm with Virgin but I think they use the t-mobile network. My reception this year was the best it's ever been, even on the friday when it's usually hopeless

Didn't have a single cash bet this year

Clearly some us had success and others didn't, and reading the posts above I'm not sure if the various networks make a difference. Does anyone have any theories on why some worked and some didn't (type of phone, type of contract, network etc.?) because it's hard to understand why some of us were ok while others weren't.

i work at ligfield   and vodaphone useless the same applies at fontwell and plumpton , other dongles work fine at those course  vodaphone is SHYT777TTE

I was at Cheltenham Friday and NO internet signal AT ALL so cld not place bets on the phone.

Only solution is for people to complain. Having free wifi - LIKE ASCOT DO! - will barely touch the bookies: those that want to bet in the ring will continue to do so... It might possibly hit the Tote a little if you think people go to the Tote rather than walk all the way to the ring, but bottom line is I was with an elderly familly member and was dependent on my internet and it failed to deliver all day...

C'mon Cheltenham,,, invest in a wifi system!

Should add I pay 75 quid a month for top of the range package (unlimited free everything) on a business O2 package... the iphone might be part of the issue, hence my prospective move to a BB 9900 with the now-linked T-mobile/Orange network...

Chairman the phones are not the problem but overloaded systems. Terrible.