WiFi In Parks - A Worthy Project

Jim Shoe wrote:
I talked with a CG operator in SD once that was moaning to me about his system. He had to ask campers if they needed WIFI and if so, he had to give them a site close to the office. The installer only installed WIFI on the server in the office. So I drove my toad around the CG with my laptop until he had a map of how far the signal carried, so he could order repeaters.
This was in 2005, so I imagine the equipment has gotten more powerful since then.

Actually, equipment has not gotten more powerful, since signal transmission power is limited by federal law as far as the campground's radio transmitters are concerned and most devices have had their radio transmitter's power decreased by the manufacturer so that the batteries last longer. We see many examples where a two or three year old laptop will work perfectly while a brand new tablet or smartphone cannot communicate with the access points at all. Two way street, the signal has to go both from and to the access point for wifi to function. Problem with either, nothing happens. Dick A is correct, it used to be important to know whether or not a park had wifi, now with some many people using mifi and other cell based wifi services, combined with the fact that almost any park that can install wifi has, it is very rare to encounter a situation where wifi is not available, yet could be. Many remote locations will continue to be wifi-less because there is no practical way to provide it.