Wifi charges

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spent a week at Putts corner and unable to connect for the whole of the week so my £25. was not money well spent, wardens said is was rubbish. 

When we were there in 2016 it was just the super pitches for which it was included in the price. There was also a satellite connection as well.

It is a very good speed, but then they have installed fibre to the site. Probably a worthwhile investment when you consider the size of the site and the fact it includes some very nice but expensive cabins, which can be purchased, on the hill side behind.

As you say a nice site, we have stayed several times over the last few years. It was a bit more expensive than CAMC sites though, so I agree certainly not free.

Holiday at Southport this year and as usual we both renewed our wi fi for a year. What a waste of £50 that was. Wi fi so bad we have used our hot spots on mobile phones instead. we usually use the hotspot for the grandchildren and the wi fi for us. Our monthly allowance for hotspot will be used by the end of the holiday at this rate. The wi-fi mast is in line of sight and close to our unit so not even anything in the way to block the signal.  

Next year we won't renew but will buy add ons for our mobile hotspots instead.

Used to be quite pleased with the wi fi but have had too many sites with work being done on the wi fi so it is out of use or poor quality and this experience is the final straw. Even this post is being composed in the awning connected via my mobile phone hotspot.

I don't mind paying £25 for a years wi fi access ( we are not away very much with the caravan in a year) but paying for no service is not really acceptable.

 

Exactly why I rely on my mobi data and tether my Pad to the phone, Ian.

I have just spent over two months "on the road" in England staying at a mix of CMC sites and CLs and private sites. Wifi is an integral part of life these days for getting information, buying things, searching and booking onward sites, etc. Without exception, every non-CMC site I stayed on had decent wifi provision in terms of speed, accessibility, number of devices that can be logged on, reconnection requirements and, importantly, price. On all private sites, wifi was included in the pitch fee. On most CLs it was fair to good although none were included in my £25/year CMC subscription, the fee being included in my pitch fees.

The wifi service on all CMC sites I used varied from poor to useless with consistently very low speeds, the signal dropping out far too frequently and needing to login repeatedly. For £25 I don't think that's good value for an important facility.  I acknowledge some site users will not use wifi but then many of us don't use playgrounds, dog walks, veg prep and many other things which we have no choice but to pay for and from which others benefit. 

Time for a major policy change to improve wifi across all sites.

 

Most club sites are out in the sticks therfore Internet connection will be difficult.Far better to go where WiFi is free on the odd occasion you may need it on holiday. 😊 

"I acknowledge some site users will not use wifi but then many of us don't use playgrounds, dog walks, veg prep and many other things which we have no choice but to pay for and from which others benefit."

Indeed but all the things you list work as they should. Are you suggesting that site fees should be increased to include the cost of something, ie Wi-fi, that you say from experience varies from poor to useless? Really?

Loads of vans but 6 repeaters in our area covering 25 vans - they had repeaters all over the site with the same sort of spread = Ap[olgies getting my CLs and ASs mixed up