Posted on 13/05/2020 13:37
We tour in UK and Europe in our motorhome, mainly on sites. We need a reasonable wifi connection. Site wifi is unpredictable at best especially in Europe. I have been looking at wifi boosters. The two I am looking at are iBoost and Kuma wifi. These are not cheap at £160+. Before investing, I wondered if anyone had experience of using these or similar products.
Posted on 13/05/2020 20:18 by JVB66Are these WiFi boosters being used for watching TV etc on sites using the same small bandwidth that is found on most club sites? and therefore slowing the site system that results in so many complaints about the systems?
Just asking or am i barking up the wrong tree
Posted on 13/05/2020 22:07
Probably at best it will give you a consistent signal rather than floating in and out. I am not sure how you can hog a CMC WiFi connection as it seems to be limited on each connection. When ever I have done a speed test on a Club site I often struggle to get 1mbps which is not enough to stream in any quality. Using my phone I can get many times that signal strength.
David
Posted on 13/05/2020 20:08 by JollyKernowI suppose it's alright when you work in auld London Taahn Phil! Consider us country folk down west with corroded copper wires!
JK
Posted on 13/05/2020 22:39
Actually the signal at ABW was that bad i asked AA if they wanted me to come work for them, spent days upon days re booting and on the phone to them. That's why i used my booster.
Nice 28 here today and out to the local bar for a nice red tonight for the first time
Posted on 14/05/2020 09:33
Hi
When we isolated at Blackhorse Farm in March which is a gold standard site we were getting 32mbs. Down here now which is a bronze site with no one on it we are lucky to get .6mbs. BT have been a couple of weeks ago surveying and I think we are to get fibre installed as it's part of the 5g preparations.
JK
Posted on 14/05/2020 11:35
OH uses his phone which has good data, I have a mifi which I can use either my laptop or my tablet.
I got so fed up of getting nowhere on the club's wifi it was/is a waste of money, so I used that money to load the mifi when we are abroad anywhere we take the mifi it so much easier.
Posted on 16/05/2020 13:37
I used a Solwise for a while but when we switched to the motorhome it was more difficult to locate the aerial so I gave up with it. It can be a nuisance to set up, searching for and connecting to the right source. It is handy as a repeater for other devices but, of course, although it boosts the signal it won’t improve the download speed as this is determined by the site’s system.
Pembers
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