Rating RV Parks Internet Connections
After another encounter with poor internet at a park, I trolled the site expecting to find some discussion on this matter. I tried several search terms but had no luck. I'm certain that I am not the ...
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RavensFan24 wrote:
If RV parks truly want to provide wi fi service, they'd need to invest in a really beefy router. It would even be more ideal if they had multiple routers around the park to handle the volume. No RV Park wants to invest in that kind of service or they simply just don't know what to do, why they should do it and how it would benefit their customers.
It's not just the routers; in many cases, the parks are in a location so far from the local phone switch &/or cable head end that they can't get an ISP connection faster than supporting a single router. And, Satellite internet (HughesNet) is even slower than DSL; it's the last ditch alternative when no wires reach your location, and it isn't portable without a technician setting it up.
(Ex-TV network remote broadcast technician who used to set up those huge earth station dishes. BTDT.)
Bottom Line: There is far more cell coverage in the boonies than either DSL or CATV, so carrying one's own MiFi hotspot (WiFi router + cellular modem) or cellphone hotspot service is probably the most affordable / practical solution.
