Poor to Terrible WIFI

That's why many of us use our own cell based Internet service using our phones or a separate hotspot. RV parks with good WiFi are a rarity...

I stay in10-15 CG a year.i never even attempt to use CG WiFi. I use my phone or mifi. I guess I’ve missed a couple good CG hot spots, but I’ve also missed a ton of aggravation. We are the problem. We want CGs to offer WiFi knowing full well that they will not be able to provide service equal to our home or phone hotspot. As far as I’m concerned they should forget WiFi.

Sometimes works for me very early in the morning. I never try at other times. RV parks are NOT providing what they promise...and they know it. Sometimes they’ll have a “private” WiFi for the owners, managers and employees.

Even when the RV park Wi-Fi signal is strong, the speed is typically so slow as to be barely useable if useable at all. And that is certainly not limited to KOA.

For security reason, I never use the park's WiFi. There's no way of knowing who is actually broadcasting that signal and hacking your information. WiFi is just not safe enough to be trusted - ever!

I have been out for about 6 months now. I have found about 50% of the campgrounds with wifi have been pretty good and the other 50% pretty sorry. It is what it is.

I never connect to any public wifi.. Just not worth it especially if it's FREE.

If you have a smart phone and know how to make it a hot spot, that's a lot more secure than some open wifi.. Even if the free wifi has a password, it's probably not a secret, so there you go there..

Good luck!

Mitch

As the others said, we rarely/never actually use CG wifi. Both for security/privacy reasons and because they almost never work and it's just a frustrating experience all around. But sometimes I do give it a try, just for curiosity. I've found that about the only time most campground wifi approaches usable is very early in the mornings, typically before 6:00 a.m. Sometimes not even then if there are a few other early risers.

We gave up on campground WIFI years ago... Even when you find a good strong WIFI connection when everyone at campgrounds gets on it, it is all but non-useable... I have my VERIZON MIFI Acct to create my own safe and secure WIFI ZONE just about wherever we go. One place it didn't work was in GOBER, TX....

I would be using my cellphone to create a hot spot but my Gibbs older FLIP-PHONE doesn't support it... Yes I know.... One of these days...

My VERIZON MIFI gives us up to five users that covers our tablets etc... Has a 5GB data plan. Only really good for checking in with the kids, paying a few bills, and surfing the web... That's about all we need it for...

My OFF-ROAD Camper has the OTA BATWING antenna that picks up something just about wherever we end up at... We have a DVD player too and usually have a bunch of DVD's to watch... Being creatures of habit we kinda know what to expect on our trips home entertainment wise...

We usually sit around the firepit until 8-9PM every evening then get inside the POPUP for a few hours before going to bed...

Roy Ken

In our experience the Tucumcari KOA is a mom and pop operation that tries to cut costs everywhere it can. Last year they would only allow me to use $10 of my points there for a two night reservation. The sites themselves are nice but the operation of the KOA leaves a lot to be desired. It is classified as a Journey KOA and I expect it will not remain a KOA much longer.

As others have said, we rarely use a campground WiFi as we have found Verizon and AT&T mobile devices much more usable. There are exceptions - the Columbia Falls RV Park near the west side of Glacier and the campground we are in now, Trails End RV Park near Waynesville, NC both have good WiFi. For security when connecting to a park WiFi, we always connect through our Ubiquity set up, never directly to a park WiFi.