Internet cost for year

I think the post you are refering to is the one I have copied below.

Hi

Clumber is a huge challenge for us as the site is so far from the exchange. We did double the lines into the site last year but that gets us from 1mb to 2 for the entire site which will work for some but generally not the entire site, especially when busy or when anybody tries to do anything data heavy

We are exploring options for Clumber. Satellite is a possibility but it is extremely expensive and the models offered to us currently arent very customer friendly - that a aside Satellite also offers a different kind of experience, so its good for streaming but terrible for anything instant like email so we would need to manage this experience.

Our latest thinking is a centralised covered wifi zone so that the little we have can be maximised in a small space with fewer users, but our longer term strategic plan lies with working with the National Trust who own the estate and also have the same issues. We are in talks with them to see if we can fund a longer term solution to meet both our needs, but that is not something that will happen overnight.

We are working on how we present our wifi information per site on the website and should have something more visible for members from around April time - this will involve grading the site wifi and letting members know what they can expect to be able to do on each site as they are all different depending on what bandwidth is available, amongst other factors!

We will keep you posted re a centralised zone vs the longer term plan

Thanks for your patience and sorry for any inconvenience 

Natasha

Hi

Thanks for posting that SteveL. We may shortly have some positive news on Clumber wi-fi, an opportunity has just presented itself that may give us reasonable site wide wi-fi that we are just exploring, there is a bit of a lead time for implementation (not from us, but the supplier), so it may be July time before it is live but I am feeling really positive we can improve things. Technology is changing so fast so what we can do today may be something different tomorrow. We will keep you posted once its all confirmed, but I can assure you we are working hard to find solutions

Have a good evening

Natasha

Thanks for the update Natasha.

Overall I don't rate Club wifi having been disappointed at more or less anywhere I've used it. As mobile signals get better I tether my iPad to my iPhone.  One of the best signals for 4G is at Chatsworth - middle of nowhere and fantastic 4G so wouldn't even contemplate buying wifi.