Wi-fi on club sites

how much does it actually cost to put a broadband service over an existing phone line and then route it to the site via a couple of masts?

not what the club is paying Air Angel or whatever they're called...

the install costs have alredy been recouped, I'll wager.

the main cost of a contract like Air Angel have will be the ongoing 'support'...

how namy times do home customers ring their provider? and what's their answer?.....reboot you PC and then the router.

money for old rope.

I based my comment on the statement that the product is not intended for streaming.

I base my comments on personal experience CY. As for how 'uneconomic' or otherwise that depends largely on personal usage. For me it is certainly economic at less than 40p a day for the time that I stay on CC sites with wifi. 

how much does it actually cost to put a broadband service over an existing phone line and then route it to the site via a couple of masts?

No idea BB. But it works for me and I am happy to pay the annual cost to enable my usage on CC sites which probably account for about half my annual site nights. For many it may not be economical as it depends on their usage patterns. If it was free and used by more folk then I doubt that it would be as usable as I find it to be at present. 

The economics of it in relation to site nights is perhaps not all that relevant, certainly for myself. The amount I pay for my mobile sim is considerably more than £27.50 a year. Although I do make some calls and texts, in the main it is used for data applications. Whilst away I use a large proportion of my monthly allowance. However, at home the phone locks onto the house WiFi and a lot remains at the end of the month, which is lost. Not really a lot of different from the CC WiFi, I am paying for something I am not using to its maximum.

My feeling is that with a mobi contract package you have the convenience being able to use it almost anywhere at anytime. That’s worth something to me. Some operators now allow roll over of unused data to the following month which might be of benefit.

(Btw, Steve, I’ve just returned from two nights on a club site and the wifi lived up to my expectations🤣🤣🤣🤣.)

http://www.three.co.uk/store/broadband/home-broadband

I was was looking at this and wondering if there is any reason we cannot take it with us when we are in the van?  Cannot see any FAQ that covers that.

Cost is comparable to what we pay for our land line and broadband at present.  

While away we use a 3 preloaded data SIM, so "paying twice" for when we are away.

It does say you can plug it in anywhere you want broadband so I guess that includes your caravan wherever it rests.

Perhaps the difference is that the 3 Network 4G broadband is just that - broadband. Your landline gives you calls as well. 🤷🏻‍♂️

We do not have a calls package with our landline, we just use our PAYG mobiles, as we make very few calls, so we could continue with that.

Banks etc and anyone who needs to call us already have our mobile numbers.

Would be worth it to not get nuisance calls!

It certainly sounds worth investigating further, Kj. 

Yes, will look into it for when our present BB deal runs out, another 3 months yet I think.