(Disclosure: I am a Director of IT)
I have had little to no problems with my Microsoft products and particularly with my Surface Pro’s. They are very powerful and (with the exception of a few) very reliable. When compared to similar Apple products they are far more powerful, but like a powerful performance car, need somewhat more maintenance. All man-made products are flawed to some extent and all products have the occasional lemon but much if not most of technical issues experienced by people is the result of operator error or poor choices and decisions.
If Gillette Stadium has poor Wi-Fi perhaps Belichick should correctly identify the problem rather than blaming his device.
found this on Google — they planned for 40% of the fans to get Wi-Fi access ...
and this ...
“The team and networking vendor Enterasys rolled out the Wi-Fi network last year. The network has 360 access points and officials claim it has enough bandwidth for almost all of the fans in the stadium, depending on their network activity.”
I’d like to hope the teams get a private, secure SSID and their own backhaul, but hey, this vendor likely a political ally and FoB.
If Gillette Stadium has poor Wi-Fi perhaps Belichick should correctly identify the problem rather than blaming his device.
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I’m an IT guy as well, though never a director.
That said, determining the computer problem is not Belichick’s job. His job is to coach players.
We in IT tend to forget that computers and networks are merely tools, which are secondary to the jobs that end-users must do and tasks they must accomplish.
Computers and networks are supposed to remove barriers, not create them.
Unfortunately, Windows 10, in trying to be a one-size-fits-all OS, has turned out to be a one-size-fits-nothing OS.
If you read broadly and remember, it is common throughout the NFL for there to be headset/wireless problems. It just gets more than an off-hand mention when it reinforces the conspiracy theories.
This is not surprising when one understands how complex an electromagnetic environment a stadium with tens of thousands of broadcasting comm devices is.
The NFL itself controls the headset communications equipment.