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.

 

[birdman101]

Haven’t used club sites for a few years now and Wi-Fi usually pretty useless. I remember one site where a lady used to take her chair down to reception and sit outside to get a signal. Wherever we go we take our wireless hub from home with us and never fails. Get just as good signal speed as when at home and costs us nothing extra than our normal monthly charge.

 

[otherclive]

Haven’t used club sites for a few years now and Wi-Fi usually pretty useless. I remember one site where a lady used to take her chair down to reception and sit outside to get a signal. Wherever we go we take our wireless hub from home with us and never fails. Get just as good signal speed as when at home and costs us nothing extra than our normal monthly charge.

Some years ago at CCC Tavistock the source of wifi was an adjacent small park home site. Being with BT I could stand outside in the lane alongside one park home and ride piggy back on their internet connection as it was BT.

 

[Buckman]

One of the worst sites we used for wifi was Stowford Meadows even when you sat right by the reception area. We went to PC rally there.

 

[RogerL]

I imagine there's wide variation in the wifi bandwidth drawn down by each caravan - many will just use it for wifi calling, emails and forum surfing - while others will want to stream HD TV and films for hours on end - so it doesn't surprise me that site owners limit their spend on wifi equipment or start jacking up pitch fees to cover the cost.

This year we're using a TP-Link mifi to pull in the mobile signal from proper aerials and generate wifi within the caravan for our phones and PC.

 

[Buckman]

We have always used the mobile phone for wifi connection to watch movies as generally site wifi is very limited and slow.