£25 Annual WIFI Charge

Sounds like this CC wifi system is strictly of the 20th century.

Now that we are well into the 21st century we would have expected Air Angel to supply a modern Wifi infostructure commiserate with the demands of modern  web users.

K

 

A lot of us have had to commiserate about the wifi, K.

urban areas may be in the 21st century when it comes to telecoms but away from the suburban sprawl we still rely on bits of wet string (OK copper if we are lucky) strung over miles. We are just about in the fourt quarter of the 20th century.  Wifi is only as good as the chunk of infrastructure it's attached to. Sad to say we stay on sites in green fields away from it all. Silly old us.

if you set your mobile as the primary device qand log on with that, then set the phone to act as a 'router' you can then link a laptop or another phone to it. We've only done this as a test and not sure if it slows down everything?

Don't you have to do that via Bluetooth? If you have a slow connection to start with it might slow it down even more. 

David

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On Apple systems, I can't talk about Android, 'tethering' means that you set a device to be a wireless 'hot spot' which makes it act as a WiFi router, not Bluetooth. We've done so on occasions in the past where we've either used 3/4G or a single access WiFi service on site. I can't say that we've found that tethering slows things down, though site congestion, particularly in the evening, has been known to seriously downgrade local WiFi performance.

urban areas may be in the 21st century when it comes to telecoms but away from the suburban sprawl we still rely on bits of wet string (OK copper if we are lucky) strung over miles. We are just about in the fourt quarter of the 20th century.  Wifi is only as good as the chunk of infrastructure it's attached to. Sad to say we stay on sites in green fields away from it all. Silly old us.

I agree Avondriver but if you do need to be in contact with the outside world it's better to make your own arrangements using MiFi etc. This will give you reasonable access on most sites and you can use more than one device at the same time.

We have had the annual package since inception,and find it adequate on most sites , if as laid out in the cc "code of practice" the problem as mentioned come when as is usual these days ,some think they can use it as they do at home without thinking that high speed tinternet is, despite all the different company's hype, not available in many rural areas  and where are most sites?,

Even on CC sites with reasonable WiFi, if away for an extended period, a MiFi or phone access to the internet is invaluable. I would not want to use online banking on the CC's unsecure network. It annoys me that there is no other way of paying the yearly £25 other than when on a CC site. I would be much happier arranging it from home on a more secure set up.

I agree Avondriver but if you do need to be in contact with the outside world it's better to make your own arrangements using MiFi etc. This will give you reasonable access on most sites and you can use more than one device at the same time.

Write your comments here...i have found many sites have really poor mobile data reception too. Another 20th century feature of the non urban environmen. My tip is go prepared with as many modes of connection as possible and when all else fails find a coffee shop in the nearest town.

 

Don't you have to do that via Bluetooth? If you have a slow connection to start with it might slow it down even more. 

David

Write your comments here...

On Apple systems, I can't talk about Android, 'tethering' means that you set a device to be a wireless 'hot spot' which makes it act as a WiFi router, not Bluetooth. We've done so on occasions in the past where we've either used 3/4G or a single access WiFi service on site. I can't say that we've found that tethering slows things down, though site congestion, particularly in the evening, has been known to seriously downgrade local WiFi performance.

Not sure you can on Android but would be happy to hear from anyone who does it. Obviously I can use my mobile for tethering mobile data but I have not yet worked out how you can do the same when using the phone on WiFi. It can be done via Blue tooth but it seems something of a faff to set up. A little reseach suggests that it might be possible to share the WiFi connecting via a USB connection? The trouble is I only use the phone for such things whilst in the van so don't get a lot of practise at other times!

David

I tether my android phone and it works fine, so long as there is a good signal. I choose to tether via a cable thinking it maybe better but I could be wrong.

 

Don't you have to do that via Bluetooth? If you have a slow connection to start with it might slow it down even more. 

David

Write your comments here...

On Apple systems, I can't talk about Android, 'tethering' means that you set a device to be a wireless 'hot spot' which makes it act as a WiFi router, not Bluetooth. We've done so on occasions in the past where we've either used 3/4G or a single access WiFi service on site. I can't say that we've found that tethering slows things down, though site congestion, particularly in the evening, has been known to seriously downgrade local WiFi performance.

Not sure you can on Android but would be happy to hear from anyone who does it. Obviously I can use my mobile for tethering mobile data but I have not yet worked out how you can do the same when using the phone on WiFi. It can be done via Blue tooth but it seems something of a faff to set up. A little reseach suggests that it might be possible to share the WiFi connecting via a USB connection? The trouble is I only use the phone for such things whilst in the van so don't get a lot of practise at other times!

David

I also didn't think that a phone could be used us a ' mobile hotpot' when it was connected to wifi (I'm talking about Apple here). I tried to do this on one site and it didn't work.

It may be that your phone is actually connecting to 3G and then acting as a mobile hotspot.

I just tried it at home - connected to the home wifi and turned on mobile hotspot and the phone reverted to 3G.