Wifi a dream pipe

westernrvparkowner wrote:

wbwood wrote:
We once went to a campground that asked us if we wanted internet access during our stay. They gave a username (site number) and a password. Then we got a lecture about not using it to watch movies, facebook and whole laundry list. She said they were on satellite internet and they had a certain amount of usage and if they went over, then they would be blocked for 24 hours and they used it for the business too. First of all, that sounded like a dumb business plan. And secondly, I told her no, that I was not going to be monitored like a child. Not that I woould of done any of that stuff, but when you start a long list of "do nots", then forget it. As others mentioned, you are not going to get internet like you do at home, at an RV Park. If you travel a good bit, then up your mobile plan and use it. We currently have 30GB of data on our plan. We are with AT&T and they offered us a special that they had for a short period. I think we had 5GB per phone before (3 phones) and then they doubled it from 15GB total to 30GB. I think it was an extra $25 or $30 a month. Not too shabby. Plus, they recently went with the roll over for the data. I think this month we started with somethign like 54GB. We are halfway through the billing cycle and have used less than 4GB of that. So we should be carrying over a good bit again.

Here's a hint. If you watch things on youtube, make sure you change the setting from HD. Watch it in a lower setting.. It will save bandwidth and will be faster for you.

If their only option for providing Wifi was Satellite, they were telling you the absolute truth. And if that didn't work for you, too bad. Most people would call it "appreciating the situation and acting accordingly". You, however felt it was "being monitored like a child". Guess it just depends on how you look at things.

When they give you a laundry list of do's and dont's at check in and then start listing things for you not to do on the internet, then no thanks. If a campground is dependent upon satellite internet and it will affect their business working, then they need to rethink their strategy. Perhaps not offering internet at all. In the situation with the park, it wasn't the issue of limited use of internet, but as to how they handled it. One of the owners walked around with the rules in their back pocket. Quiet time was at 9:00. At 8:30, he was going around telling people (kids) to be quiet. Kind of tells you how the "being monitored like a child" goes there. No way, am I going to be criticized of what I was doing on the internet or what I was looking at. I can hear it, "Mr Wood, we saw that you read 15 emails last night. 2 of them had links to videos on Youtube and clicked on them. That's in clear violation of our rules.....". You are right, I had the option. I chose not to. I also chose not to ever go back to their campground and gave them the review they deserved on how they "managed" things.