Poor to Terrible WIFI

I have found Park WIFI to be hit or miss. As mentioned; early morning, late night and middle of the week when the park is not full may be best.

Using a MIFI or phone as a hotspot is better, but we have encountered many occasions where even on a 4G LTE connection, the speed is not enough to stream even short news clips without stuttering/stalling. Every wireless hop reduces the speed, so tethering can be a better option than connecting to a hotspot. If you stream at all, it is not hard to use 1 GB per day. If your wireless plan has a hotspot/tethering limit it can go fast. I watch a couple of hours of news and an occasional show a day on my tablet and it is not uncommon for me to use 60+ GB in a month (my plan does not have a severe throttling penalty for use on the tablet, just tethering and hotspot).

Some phones will provide an internet connection to multiple devices but do not create a true network that will allow direct communication between devices such as casting. The MIFIs do act as a wireless router.

Xfinity, Verizon and even some smaller local companies have networks of wireless hotspots. We have had good success using Xfinity hotspots. They are co-broadcast from Xfinity commercial and residential customers' locations. RV Parks that have long term residents or Park Models may have multiple Xfinity hotspots. If you are not an eligible Xfinity or Verizon customer, I believe both have short term (day, week, month) plans.

I quit using the park's wifi and use my phone's hotspot in stead.

Tonight we are in a campground in Cheyenne Wy. (A.B. Campground and RV park) Wifi is wink quick, and secure.
well over 100 camps using..

It can be done.

Slow wifi at a campground. That is not at all unusual and not particular to that campground. If you want a speedy connection, get your own hotspot or use your cell phone as a hotspot. I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news that way, but, well, as others have reported, that's the way it is.

You have to figure the park is sharing it's WiFi with everyone in the park. It would be like you at your house sharing your WiFi with maybe 50 others at the same time. Speed will be sacrificed. The park couldn't afford to provide everyone with a highspeed connection. Most of the time, because of their remoteness, they're lucky to have any kind of wired connectivity for internet services. You can bet they can't get a fiber connection. More likely, DSL because of the distances and density of population around their location - unless you've found a park very near a city.

DFord wrote:
You have to figure the park is sharing it's WiFi with everyone in the park. It would be like you at your house sharing your WiFi with maybe 50 others at the same time. Speed will be sacrificed. The park couldn't afford to provide everyone with a highspeed connection. Most of the time, because of their remoteness, they're lucky to have any kind of wired connectivity for internet services. You can bet they can't get a fiber connection.

Agreed. First-hand experience while workamping at a park - the potential Internet service provider wanted $5K just to do a survey to see if they could bring service to the park (no mention of how much it would actually cost the park to buy and install infrastructure or the monthly fees from the provider).