Wifi speed - Camping & Caravanning Club Main Club sites?

[Eldorado]

As per title really, its over 20 years since we were C&C members - Wifi probably wasn't even a thing back then

Be good to know roughly what speeds you typically get on sites - does it vary a lot? Any particularly slow?

 

[Mel]

I know nothing about how WiFi works; for all I know it is carried by Pixies. However my experience on sites of all sorts is very variable. Two factors appear to affect it. One is coverage by the WiFi masts( the thing the pixies fly from)- in some places being at the edge of a site, for example, means the WiFi is rubbish. The second is how many folks are using it. Some places don’t have enough pixies to go around so it is poor when the site is full.
Haven’t been on enough C&CC sites to be specific about those.
Mel

 

[Dustydog]

The site I have just used boasted free Wi Fi.
Nothing where we were pitched. But at the reception desk yes🙉
They need a booster antenna further up the site. That won’t happen😵‍💫

 

[Buckman]

I know nothing about how WiFi works; for all I know it is carried by Pixies.
Mel

Don't you mean fairies? 🤣 🤣

 

[Mel]

Don't you mean fairies? 🤣 🤣

Could be! I know nothing about WiFi. 😀
Mel

 

[Eldorado]

Pixies, got it. Glad I asked

 

[Eldorado]

Sounds like I will have to consider Starlink if I am working away

 

[Mel]

Sounds like I will have to consider Starlink if I am working away

I think that the bottom line is that you cannot rely on site WiFi; wherever you go. Sometimes it will be great, sometimes not.
If work depends on it, then you need your own system.
Mel

 

[GUMPY]

Sounds like I will have to consider Starlink if I am working away

I use my own 4g system and often get speeds faster than starlink mobile.
Provided you can set a 4g system up properly there is no reason to give money to elon.
I have gone back to 4g rather than 5g as depending on the router the upload speeds are usually higher on 4g plus it's sometimes difficult to find a 5g cell.

ETA I am a total anorak when it comes to mobile interweb having spent almost all of my connected time using radio connections not fixed lines.