Circuit of the Americas, Austin, TX

At Circuit of the Americas, you can generally anticipate decent quality and robust connection strength, especially when using the Node 2 modem.

The pitlane and paddock areas have good cellular signal.

To guarantee a smooth live stream, it is advisable to conduct a speed test, ensuring your device maintains a speed of at least 5-10 Mbps.

Avoid watching your stream from the bridges that cross the track, as they are surrounded by fencing. These fences can cause a faraday cage effect, and strongly diminish your viewing device's cell signal strength.

As with any track, ensure your viewing device is connected over LTE or 5G networks, and avoid Wi-Fi at all costs.

Short interruptions in the stream will likely be experienced, and this phenomenon can be attributed to the numerous LTE antennas scattered around the track.

Each time the signal transitions from one physical antenna to another, a slight disruption occurs, leading to these brief cutouts.

The Node 1 modem will experience longer drop outs and make take over a minute to reconnect if the network is dropped entirely during an antenna switch.

The Node 2 modem performs much better, and you should experience only minor skips in the video.