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Quote: Originally posted by RunDMC on 07/9/2010

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Where did you stay DamonST and where are you staying next.

I dont like paying for WiFi anywhere.  I have my 3G allowance but this is no good if I want to watch a footy match on Sky Sports on my mobile as it eats most of  my monthly allowance.

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well not only was there fre wifi at the french site we visited no ne batted an eyelid when you plugged in either. Wifi was available in the bar. DD & DS went over every night taking one charger and two netbooks with them, plus the euro connection adaptor. Theyshared the charger and we charged the netbooks during the day at the tent when we remembered too. Tho the first night we didn't realise people were plugging in so the kids came home when the netbooks died. It then took them a couple of night to pluck up the courage to plug in!!

There was loads of people doing it. Was quite unreal seeing all these people poring over laptops lol

if you didn't have your own laptop/netbook you could go in a special room and use theirs for 1 euro for 1 mins.

it was £1 per hour,£5 per day on a site we stayed at last week

I get by ,using my Blackberry but hubby had some work to do on his laptop

Viggo,

Sorry, but if a campsite had installed equipment to deliver to all pitches, that would add to cost of pitches and penalize people who don't want WiFi - a bit like the CCC's site at Bellingham that makes everyone pay for EHU!  Needless to say, we've found an alternative to that site. Paying for WiFi access as you need it - providing it's not the extortionate sums mentioned above - is only fair on all. Like EHU, if people want the facility, pay extra.

Viggo also makes the point that getting WiFi in more remote, rural areas is not cheap. Locally we can vouch for that and the cost is reflected in the price charged per hour.

Save some money people, do your research about where you're going at home and suss out local info from locals when you're there.

Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 11/9/2010

Viggo,

Sorry, but if a campsite had installed equipment to deliver to all pitches, that would add to cost of pitches and penalize people who don't want WiFi

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Quote: Originally posted by Viggo on 11/9/2010

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.. Wifi is a facility that can be added to the campsite to make it more appealing to customer, but not every camper wants it.

I don't watch TV when I'm away, and would not be happy if I was charged more for my pitch because it had an aerial hook-up point. The same thing should apply to Wifi.

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