I'll put my two cents into this argument because I think both Paul and westernparkowner are looking at the same problem from two different perspectives.
As full-timer RVers being able to stream video has become an important part of our home entertainment options. But, as full-timers, we carry our own cellular connection (Verizon unlimited) and would never count on an RV park to provide such a capability.
However, I am also an admin for the RVParkReviews.com website and, as such, I read a lot of reviews every week. I am not exaggerating when I say that WFi has become the single most complained about aspect of RV parks that I encounter. The complaints come from both "vacation campers", snowbirds and even some full-timers.
Even though the reviews I read don't include the reviewer's age demographics, I think it's safe to say that the older, snowbird RVer are more likely to be interested in checking email and less likely to be streaming Netflix, but that seems to be changing fairly quickly and generalizations are dangerous,
But the real issue, IMO, is with the younger vacation RVer who is less likely to have a cellular alternative and who expects to be able to do everything he/she is used to doing at home. Many of these folks don't consider RVing to be camping and don't see why they have to "rough it" when they go RVing. They might cook over a fire, but they are just as likely to have gone to a restaurant for dinner. In the evening they are checking Facebook and maybe TUMBLR, Reddit, or Twtter as well. They might get on FaceTime or Skype to say hello to their friends and they're likely to be listening to some music via Pandora or a similar service. Of course, the kids are probably listening to their own music selections on their own phones and one of them has the Xbox on while another is tweeting friends with her phone. All before any of them suggests that streaming a movie would be fun and assuming that the kids don't want to steam something different on the iPad.
You might say that I have exaggerated things, it I don't think I have done so all that greatly. The average family traveling with kids these days is likely to have a slew of smartphone phones and they are going to want to use your wifi rather than their monthly data budget. Two kids on phones can use quite a bit of data without trying all that hard.
I know that westernrvparkowner is correct when he talks about the problem of getting decent backhaul service at parks in rural areas. But all I can say is that the park reviews I read rarely cut park owners any slack for having a nice park but lousy WiFi. You'd think that people would be more charitable about the quality of the WiFi when they are at places such as the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone, but they're not. If anything they want to post pictures on Facebook or Instagram and are upset when hey can't. I'm not sure it's a problem with a good solution, but it is one that RV park owners downplay or ignore at their own risk.
