On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:45:23 +0100, alexd <troffasky@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>Woody wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>WTF? I think it's fair to say at that kind of price, Wifi in caravan parks
>is going to disappear because everybody will be using 3G instead.

I would agree. Both the CC and C&CC seem to have outsourced the Wifi
to third parties that no doubt have paid for the infrastructure and
are now trying to recoup the cost.

I think it is a case that if they reduced the charges to a more
realistic level they would actually increase the revenue as people
like me would use it instead of my Vodafone PAYG dongle.

The C&CC rates are:

£4 for an hour
£7 for a day
£12 for two days
£25 for seven days
£40 for 14 days
£125 for a whole year

The CC rates are:

1 hour - £5 (Valid for use over 72 hours from first log in)
4 hours - £8 (Valid for use over 92 hours from first log in)
7 days - £20
30 days - £33

What I am not sure about is if you buy, say, 30 days on a CC site, can
you then use it at any CC site with Wifi? I never stay on any one site
for more than 4 or 5 days. CC sites use KeZone and their web site
says that once you have your username and password you can use it at
any KeZone hotspot and BT Openzone site.

On the subject of the Vodafone service, I have found this to be
excellent and I have always been able to get at least GPRS in some
pretty remote locations in Scotland. I have a motorhome and whilst my
wife tops up the food at supermarkets as we travel between sites, I do
whatever is necessary with the usual 3G connection you get in towns
and can then cope with GPRS on the sites.

As a further point to note, I found the USB modem a pain and as I have
an expresscard slot on my laptop, bough an out of contract Vodafone
datacard (which Vodafone only offer with a business contract) and put
my USB modem SIM card in it. It works perfectly and is a lot more
user friendly. These datacards also come with a PCMCIA adaptor.