"Tom" <nospam@here.com> wrote in message
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> "DieSea" <DieSea.NoSpamPlease@nnttwlwoorrlldd.ccoomm> wrote in
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>> "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.spam.com> wrote in message
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>>> As a point of interest, three of four CC sites that we have
>>> stayed on in the last three weeks had wi-fi - but at
>>> (cheapest) £2.25 for 15mins or £6.99 for an hour I think I'll
>>> pass.
>>>
>>> Aren't we paying enough for membership and site fees for them
>>> to NOT charge hotel prices? If McD's can do it for free why
>>> not the CC - for members at least?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Woody
>>>
>>> harrogate three at ntlworld dot com
>>>
>>
>> I've just put the July 09 CC Mag down
>>
>> Wi-Fi at over £30.00 for a month is a pure RIP OFF
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>
> What extra cost (if any) is there to providing all and sundry
> to share your internet connection. Assuming you have a
> connection in the first place and that you are not going to
> hard wire the whole site (daft but thought I would mention it)?
> Perhaps the money is to password protect some files.
>


Come to think about it, it's more likely a support issue. If
someone tries to connect and it doesn't work who is going to
support it and sort it out? If several people complain of
connection issues there may be a problem on the site - who will
support and/or fix that?

If the CC made it available on a sort-it-yourself basis and gave
no guarantees of service availability or reliability then it
might be viable, but we are now in a world that demands 'support'
and there are a surprisingly large number of computer 'users' out
there who don't have a clue what goes on under the bonnet. You've
only got to look what happens on a camp site when something goes
wrong with the 'van - panic (for most) is not the half of it!

I withdraw my original comments - what the CC ought to do is make
sure they have good 3G coverage on 3 or T-Mob and let people use
their dongles. At least they can then get support - at a price!


--
Woody

harrogate three at ntlworld dot com