Internet should be free

No internet is free it is costed in the price of the location

Just interested. How much extra would you be prepared to pay on your nightly fees for the club to provide "free" wifi? Knowing the cost of installation and maintenance in a rural location my estimate would be very different from yours. Nothing is free. The C&CC club have an "interesting" pricing structure which I'm sure includes at times the cost of that free wifi. Just my opinion of course.

JK

While I totally agree re internet being free your comment,  "many members were grumbling and commenting", as long as they continue to do so the club will do nothing. Charging for internet as they do offsets things they advertise as free. I don't use it, my contract allowance serves my needs.

... The C&CC club have an "interesting" pricing structure which 

and the Caravan Club's pricing structure is really interesting ..... it changes just about every week

Am currently on a 1 month tour of England stopping at 8Cls as I go.

Have considered it worthwhile purchasing an O2 sim with 15 Gb for £15.

It is lasting well and may even have some left over by the time I get home.

If internet is a must for you may I suggest this sort of route rather than worrying about what a club site might or may not give you.

of course..but i think the CMH rates are high enough already to cover it

Why "should" wifi be free? It’s not set in stone that anything should be free. JK, above, has made some good points and whatever other organisations do has no bearing on the CAMC stance.

I'll also add my view that the Wi-fi is often abominable and, if the charge for it was hidden within site or membership fees, we would all be forced to pay for something that frequently in my experience is not worth the money. As it is, I can leave paying for it to those who are prepared to attempt to use it.

Like Redface, I make my own arrangements via the mobile network and for £8 per month I get a darned good service of 10 gb with unlimited calls and texts thrown in and it works in places other than some CAMC sites.

Have you studied the annual accounts to arrive at that conclusion?

Internet is indeed free if using the Club website. Beyond that it is difficult to justify because we don't know  how many members use the Club WiFi. If 100% of members used the WiFi there could be an argument for including it in the site price but we don't know, do we? A free service would also be the lowest common denominator in terms of service. One of the reasons many of us use our smart phones to access far better internet via 4G.

David

Free wifi is at the bottom of my list for choosing a site, location, facilities... and having a SP comes top. No I realise that is just me and if anyone has good (never mind free) wifi near the top of their list then a club site is not the place to go.