You'd be surprised. A lot of them travel with their own cable modems and wifi routers. But you could always rent them one, or set up each ONT with a small wifi router already and give them a choice.
On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Probably zero. > > > On Thursday, May 31, 2018, <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> How many RV travelers are set up for ethernet vs WiFi? >> >> *From:* Jason McKemie >> *Sent:* Thursday, May 31, 2018 6:42 AM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] RV park network design >> >> I'd do fiber as well, seems like that many long-run cat5/6 connections >> could be problematic. >> >> On Wednesday, May 30, 2018, Cameron Crum <cc...@murcevilo.com> wrote: >> >>> Why run ethernet? This seems ideal for fiber. Put a small box for the >>> ONT on the same pole as the electrical hookup with about 20 ft of ethernet >>> cable so they can drag it through a window and call it a day. Rent them a >>> cheap router if they want wifi or mount a small loco ac or something >>> running as a low powered AP and alternate frequencies every 3 or 4 spaces. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 2:57 PM, Colin Stanners <cstann...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Be careful of selling service over Wi-FI... customers buy "signal >>>> boosters" that run their own DHCP server, or they see a very strong signal >>>> to their booster and complain that their service sucks (don't understand >>>> that the signal from the booster to your network is low). And there's >>>> interference from mobile hotspots etc.... >>>> >>>> I would do like Adam says, run ethernet lines everywhere with >>>> outdoor-grade ethernet connection boxes (make sure to have a surge >>>> protector on each line as it returns to your switch). You can try offering >>>> some service over wifi but tell customers that if they want reliable speeds >>>> they need to hardwire. >>>> >>>> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 1:07 PM, castarritt <castarr...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> We were approached by a current subscriber who is building an RV park >>>>> with around ~100 pads, and he wants us to offer service to his tenants. >>>>> This isn't the typical situation where we would sell service to the RV >>>>> park, and they handle distributing it to their customers. He wants to >>>>> avoid providing wi-fi himself, and will instead let us charge every client >>>>> that wants service separately. Also, this isn't a campground; his >>>>> shortest >>>>> lease term will be monthly. >>>>> >>>>> While the park is under construction, he is willing to let us lay >>>>> conduit, so we could provide wired service to each pad if we wanted to. >>>>> Alternatively, we could just setup a bunch of wi-fi APs. One potential >>>>> complication is that we have a fairly busy cluster of 5g PMP450s a couple >>>>> hundred yards from this RV park, so while wired service could be more >>>>> reliable for the park tenants, the potential for 100 customer wi-fi >>>>> routers >>>>> we can't control operating within sight of our PMP450 POP sounds like the >>>>> stuff of nightmares. >>>>> >>>>> We are leaning more towards a wi-fi option due to better control over >>>>> spectrum, as well as avoiding maintenance of 100 outdoor ethernet ports >>>>> that the customers would be plugging into, but we are open to suggestions. >>>>> >>>>> Also, assuming wi-fi is the correct answer, does anyone have any >>>>> equipment recommendations? The park is about 400' by 900'. I was looking >>>>> at either doing a whole bunch of low end APs, or maybe ~8 sectors. We >>>>> haven't used any of the Cambium wi-fi gear yet, but the cnPilot E501S >>>>> looks >>>>> interesting. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, >>>>> >>>>> Chris Starritt >>>>> Western Broadband >>>>> supp...@ecpi.com >>>>> 512-257-1077 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>
