Campground wi-Fi

az350x wrote:

Dennis M M wrote:
Many parks will ask you not to hog band width by streaming movies. I recommend going the Direct TV route.

Okay. So I have a home Directv system. Two HD receivers, one of which is old-fashioned 2-at-a-time Hd DVR. What's it going to cost to take directv on the road with me? Don't care about keeping stick-house live- it'll be empty.

well you gotta buy a dish, I bought one off Craig's list for about $20. use that and take a receiver with you.
bumpy

I have a Verizon Hot stop, can use the internet while traveling down the road. $50 month

az350x wrote:
In your experience, how often do you have a good enough wi-fi signal to stream movies (Netflix, etc.) at a campground?

I'm weighing the hassle/expense of taking Directv on the road this summer...

almost never. maybe...maybe...if you were up really, really late at night and had the wifi service to yourselves. besides, if you're streaming, or I should say attempting to stream a video, you'll make it virtually impossible for others to do anything. most campground/rv park wifi systems are not designed for that sort of use. and for the last several years we have encountered more and more park systems that will throttle your download speed if it detects any data streaming, video or otherwise. if you want to stream Netflix then get your own hotspot device.

Putting coverage aside, you need to define 'junk' in 2014. What used to be the gold standard (T1), is now mediocre at best for even a single user.

100% NOT TRUE. 99% of CG Wifi systems start out as junk.

lanerd wrote:
That is one of the main reasons why campground (rv parks) wifi systems are so crappy because people are hogging all the band width downloading movies.

Ron

Only stayed at one park that had free wifi suitable for streaming. It was in the Reno area and there were only 15 or so units in the place in winter. I'm sure, with many more sharing bandwidth, it would not have worked. Tried Verizon LTE/4G with our Jetpack. It works well in many places but you will burn through your GBs quickly. About 1 GB per hour of streaming video.

lanerd wrote:
That is one of the main reasons why campground (rv parks) wifi systems are so crappy because people are hogging all the band width downloading movies.

Ron

What he said..

That is one of the main reasons why campground (rv parks) wifi systems are so crappy because people are hogging all the band width downloading movies.

Ron

I have found at least 2 campgrounds in Maine with excellent WiFi. Both WILL cut you off if you are streaming video. At least they say they will, I have never put them to the test.

Agree Zero or less! We even tried using our Verizon usb modem thu our Cradlepoint router. Successful but burned thu our data allowance too quickly. So while we use our Roku & OTA antenna at home ONLY, we use Dish with a Trav'ler on the road in the Motorhome.

rocmoc n AZ/Mexico