On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:34:10 +0100, "Colin Jackson"
<cojack6ATbtinternetDOTcom> wrote:

>Southlands has now been taken over by the Caravan Club, if CC&C can't offer
>this I might change.
>
>Colin

I stayed at Southlands a couple of weeks ago and enquired what had
happened to the Wi-Fi. I was told that the previous owner took the
kit with him and the CC Club had not yet decided whether or not to put
in their own system. Vodafone only gives GPRS there and you have to
go a mile or so down the road towards Sandown to get 3G.

I did get an answer from the CC Club today to my question. If you
biuy a voucher on one site then you can use it on any of their sites
that have Wi-Fi until it expires. There are currently 38 sites with
Wi-Fi listed.

Although I have been using Vodafone PAYG mobile broadband I make a
point of checking Wi-Fi coverage on any sites where it is installed. I
stayed at the otherwise excellent CC site at Onich last month and the
Wi-Fi signal was useless unless you were very close to the transmitter
by reception. This was ackowledged by the wardens. In contrast I
noted that the C&CC Club Site at Delamere Forest had transmitter
repeaters sensibly sited.

Not all Wi-Fi is created equal....