jcthorne wrote:
westernrvparkowner wrote:
steelpony5555 wrote:
Bottom line there is no way a MiFi device can interfere with the parks WiFi routers. They both should be password protected so if you want to sign on to the parks you "Connect To" the park, if you got your own MiFi you "Connect To" your device. Even if they are on the same frequency the MiFi is not powerful enough to disrupt the the WiFi. If it does that means the parks WiFi is so weak it's worthless anyways, as a lot of parks "free" WiFi is.....There are lots of places now where people are using their MiFi devices to do work and network where there is also WiFi...look around in any airport there are people using the airports WiFi and also their own MiFi devices. I prefer to use my Jetpack since I am already set up for it. Heck even in McDonalds or a favorite of college kids, Panera Bread all have folks using the resturant WiFi or their own MiFi. There are other places just like that so it is a bogus claim by the campgrounds.... Probably just a couple of places that want to blame their own systems short comings on something other then their own cheap system......
I am still waiting for the day anyone can point out a McDonalds or Panera bread that has to host 100+ users at a time over 9 acres of ground, uploading videos and streaming movies like the average RV park has to. As they say it is not in the same ball park, heck it isn't even the same sport. Interference is a real issue, whether you want to believe it or not. There is a reason there are 12 frequencies assigned to wifi, not just one. Did the park possibly either get bad advice from their wifi professional, or maybe they interpreted that advice poorly and put in an unneeded policy? Probably. But the fact of the matter is what they said in their reasoning for their policy is based in fact and no matter how much you want to claim otherwise, facts are facts. Using a single example like "my jetpack doesn't interfere at McDonalds" to claim that it cannot ever interfere with wifi anywhere is the modern equivalent to claiming the earth is flat because my yard is level.
McDonalds or Starbucks no. But every major hotel chain has the same issues and most of the big name chains have the IT departments or contracted help to solve this issue. I have never once had Marriott tell me I could not stream Netflix or use a MiFi card in my hotel room. That is what guest wifi access is for. Campground operators should be no different. If they are offering wifi as part of the service, it should work. Period. Don't advertise what you cannot provide. Welcome to the grown up world of the hospitality industry.
I am so sick of these threads that claim guests should not use the services as intended because the campground cannot 'afford' to provide what they have advertised.
Or maybe because the average hotel does not cover 9 acres, does not change configuration every time a guest moves out and another moves in, and most hotels are located in cities where there is access to quality bandwidth as opposed to RV parks that are in wild areas and areas where there is less bandwidth as well as the fact that most hotel rooms serve one or two guests maximum, seldom 4 or more as is often found in RVs. And tack on top of that the fact that the average hotel room is 3 times as expensive as an RV site and operates year round, serving both tourists and business travel. So yes, they may also have a little more money to throw at the problem. But since it fits your argument, keep thinking that the Holiday Inn located in a major city, or a McDonalds with three people on the wifi network is exactly the same as providing wifi service in a park that is miles from an incorporated town, much less a major city. We of course, could offer perfect wifi service, but we hire the best IT professionals there are to make sure it malfunctions at certain times, because the last thing us or any other RV park would want would be to have customers that were satisfied with our services. Heck there are times I have to empty the trash cans onto the floor of the restrooms because people are keeping them too clean. It is tougher than you think to make a good business run poorly.
