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Old 07-26-2017, 08:27 AM   #1
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Blackwell Park wifi...

We are in our 5th day at Blackwell's Island.
Probably not a bad place to stay but doubt we will ever return unless of course we run into reservation problems as we did on this trip.
Was not really sure of the forum, parks or technical.....
What is the cost of a usable wifi system in a park? And I know it depends on the number of units parked in the spaces. This is far and away the worst wifi we have ever seen. But to the parks defense it is the only one I have seen that actually states that you may not always have good service, my wording added. It is not probably being used as intended as it says for casual surfing and no video streaming. Almost impossible to even log on. Heck, we just to read emails and read a little news. I am guessing the bandwidth needed would be ridiculous. We have been in larger parks that did have functional wifi.
But back to my little rant, the cost of a wifi system. Then the users also need to follow park rules... To do any surfing we are using our nickel.
Sorry for the long "question".
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Old 07-26-2017, 09:01 AM   #2
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There is a lot to consider with regards to campground WIFI. First, many campgrounds are not in an area with cable/fiberoptic service. We live in an area where the only available internet is either satellite, cell phone or (if you're lucky) phone line DSL. Both the satellite and cell phone are extremely expensive when bandwidth is considered. Our previous satellite service, Hughesnet GEN 4 was $100 per month for 15 gigabytes of download/upload at a maximum speed of 12 megabytes. The new GEN 5 is a little better and more generous with bandwidth (30 gigs) but is still "antiquated" when compared to what we had with fiberoptic 10 years ago "in the city".....If you've ever had fiberoptic service with unlimited bandwidth flowing at 60 gigabytes, you know that such slow service simply won't support two laptops and a "home phone" without significant slowing.

Why did I just type all of that? If you consider that a rural campground is likely to be using an "antiquated" internet provider, not an upgraded "fast as in the city" internet service and trying to allow all the campers to access the system that is probably designed to support one or two "light byte users", it's no wonder you have to rely on your own cell phone link to even check email.

Two years ago we did the "loop" through the northern tier states, down through Yellowstone, Utah, Colorado and back through the central prairie states. The further we got from "major cities" the more problematic we found internet service to be. In Hill City (Mount Rushmore) we stayed at Cooper Creek RV Park. They advertised WIFI at every site. The reality was that we could identify the WIFI by name (CCRV) as a wireless internet connection on our laptops but never NEVER were able to connect during our 10 day stay. We complained, it did no good, other campers had the same problems. Come to find out, there was no "high speed internet" in that area of the mountains and the campground was "technologically disadvantaged" in that they had a "dedicated phone line" (DSL) that was connected to an old Netgear wireless router. We finally were able to take our laptop to the office and connect to their router Ethernet cable and get online. But even then, we were "bumped offline" as soon as they got a phone call on "their other line"....

So, depending on the campground, the internet provider, the type of internet service available, the system they have to provide WIFI and the number of people who are "surfing" or "using the system as a babysitter".... You may be lucky to even connect to the campground system.

We always carry our MIFI with us and if we can't connect to the campground system, we just "dig it out and power it up".... It's supposed to be our "backup system" but realistically we use it more than we do the campground system.
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