Wifi charges
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obbernockle replied on 13/06/2018 20:26
Posted on 11/06/2018 20:36 by PaulramblerI have paid for the WiFi service this year having said I would not pay again due to poor connection and speed last year. To date the service, on the sites I have been on, have improved. However, the limit of one device per subscription and the numerous times you need to sign in still make it irritating to say the least. Most private sites include it in the price but this tends to make it slow to use at prime times. Maybe the rollout of 4G will solve the problem without the Club having to get it right. To be honest the Club must have invested a lot of our money in providing a service that is second rate. Reminds me of the money that has been spent on numerous private washing cubicles that are hardly used!
Oneputt replied on 14/06/2018 11:23
but it does improve accessibility on club sites.young thomas replied on 14/06/2018 17:00
Tinwheeler replied on 14/06/2018 17:04
Posted on 14/06/2018 17:00 by young thomasfree wifi at St Martin de Ré municipal site working perfectly well...
Navigateur replied on 14/06/2018 17:12
Posted on 14/06/2018 17:12
I use my own wifi rather than pay for the Club. Apart from the slowness (a bit like 60 people queuing to use one toilet) the big disadvantage of Club wifi is that one needs to be on - or very close to - a Club site. My own dongle works amywhere I get a cellular phone signal.
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cyberyacht replied on 15/06/2018 16:19
flatcoat replied on 16/06/2018 09:18
Posted on 16/06/2018 09:18
We have just stayed at the Bolton Abbey club site a location which has no TV signal, no mobile reception and no 3/4G. The club wifi had to be used and the service is slow and cannot cope with streaming. Having said that, this is how many business in rural areas have to cope and is in my view a wider national infratsructure issue. However the club needs to get ahead of the game and not be constantly seemingly playing catch up.
SteveL replied on 16/06/2018 09:51
Posted on 16/06/2018 09:18 by flatcoatWe have just stayed at the Bolton Abbey club site a location which has no TV signal, no mobile reception and no 3/4G. The club wifi had to be used and the service is slow and cannot cope with streaming. Having said that, this is how many business in rural areas have to cope and is in my view a wider national infratsructure issue. However the club needs to get ahead of the game and not be constantly seemingly playing catch up.
Posted on 16/06/2018 09:51
They have at Clumber, which also has no mobile phone signal. For years the WiFi was more or less non existent. If more than one or two folk tried to use it 💥 melt down occurred. Now it is very good, classified as gold standard. I think it was some sort of joint enterprise with the National Trust, the complimentary WiFi in their cafe is now blisteringly fast. I assume the Club WiFi only gives limited access to the bandwidth, to allow fair access for more folk and make steaming untenable. So speeds even on gold standard are similar to what I used to get when we first had ADSL broadband, about 1MB download. I am not sure how they are going to improve much on that, with the number of folk wanting to connect. At the weekend Clumber is full with 180 vans.
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