Wifi charges
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I don't think personally it should be included in the price. Mainly because I think it would not be able to cope with the increased demand. So you truely would be paying for something that did not work.
However, the current system certainly seems value for money, when referenced against other costs. Currently a night here at Bridlington is £33.60. The Wi fi for which I pay £25 for a whole year has worked very well and we have been here a week. For my £25 I get a whole year of use. Someone only wanting it for a week would have paid £10. Set against their pitch fees of £235 that about an extra 4%. Plus of couse they can try before they buy.
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yes I agree, we have the yearly one as well, and we just accept that it may not work across all sites. Like you I think it's a better system than putting it on to the pitch fee
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No need to have WIFI included in the site fees. Anybody wanting WIFI can choose if they want to use good quality internet access via their 4G or 3G device or use the yjousands of free WIFI access points all over the country. ---Or --- Dumb down and use the paid for mediocre standard WIFI typical of the CMC. It's just a matter of choice.
K
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I don’t think that it’s unreasonable to expect working, no charge WiFi to be provided as a matter of course at all CAMC sites. It’s not a luxury for many, it’s as core a requirement as EHU, which the club provides, universally, on its own sites. We have sensible data limits on our smartphones, but there are plenty of rural areas wit inadequate mobile reception, making router provision and access essential for many. I think that part of the problem is the club’s decision to Sub out provision to an external, profit making organisation. That’s not done with other core services such as cleaning, ground maintainance, bollard lighting etc, which seems rather anomalous to me. Of course, if lots of customers want to stream simultaneously, then service will suffer, so data limits may need to be applied. I’d be happy with that.
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That’s not done with other core services such as cleaning, ground maintainance, bollard lighting
Not really a serious analogy there at all is it if you actually think about it Jenny? Cleaning and ground maintenance are easily within the scope of most wardens (with perhaps some training), even changing the bulb on a bollard although anything further and the wardens would call in qualified people (sub out as you put it) to fit the problem as they do with heating.
However I really wouldn't expect wardens to fix a wifi system.
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Nor would you or I expect wardens to make more than minor repairs to plumbing or electrical installations, ditto WiFi. If you think about it, all of these services were installed by specialists but are owned by the CAMC with specialist contractors being called in if needed. Which could equally be applied to WiFi. TV booster and distribution systems fall into the same category.
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I agree that the CMC on-site staff are unqualified to go anywhere near the WIFI system on their sites. It is a job for specialists.
Where the overall problem occured is in the planning and implementation stage of the on-site installation. Obviously the CMC has contracted the job out to the wrong people. Hence the shambles which is now being experienced.
K
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You and many others may feel unqualified to go anywhere near WiFi installations Kennine, but most of us have routers at home and many of us operate equipment depending on our internet installations. We’re very capable of resetting hardware and interpreting lights, quite possibly with remote assistance from a help desk. I’m not sure that wardens, who are perfectly capable of operating ground maintenance machinery, on line booking system and office hardware should suddenly lapse into incompetence when faced with WiFi basic faultfinding. I’m not suggesting that they start to replace circuit boards or climb aerial masts any more than I would expect expect them to replace tractor clutches, power panels or boiler parts. First aid is all that is expected, quite possibly with help desk assistance. While I fully appreciate that some people aren’t practical, I’ve never come across a warden who isn’t. The key point is that by wholly outsourcing WiFi the CMC has created an expensive and sometimes inadequate service.
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