Anybody used Roku?

Shuttleworths

We are considering buying a Roku box, it is like Google Chromecast but unlike that it will authenticate through the CMC internet, which means we can watch stuff (rugby mainly!) from B T Sport on my tablet on the telly. Wondered if anybody else has successfully used it when touring?

RedKite

Hi club sites wifi is limited to speed may not be enough for you want to do, private sites may be different.

Tinwheeler

Aren't we asked not to use streaming etc on site wifi?

Shuttleworths

I have never heard of that Tinwheeler, is it in some guidance or something?

Shuttleworths

Hi Redkite, I have used the CMC network to watch rugby on the tablet and that was ok, what I want to do is stream that to the telly. It will also mean we can watch TV when abroad.

SteveL

The following is from the advice section on WiFi.

Wifi advice

 

As you are sharing a limited bandwidth with your fellow caravanners and some sites are some distance from the exchange, the speed of service you’ll experience will vary. As a consequence of this we can really only offer the service for basic web surfing and emails and cannot support any video or TV streaming e.g. BBC iPlayer and YouTube, FaceTime and Skype or any computer updates.

Content filtering will be introduced to try and improve the Wi-Fi experience for everyone. We have chosen to trial limiting access to certain websites, content and file types that tend to be data hungry to see if this helps the overall Wi-Fi performance on site.

brue

The CMC system doesn't support streaming, it's essentially for web browsing etc.

see here

eurortraveller

Sounds like it's time to go to the pub again. 

Tinwheeler

Or back to the drawing board. 

Grant705

Why is streaming unacceptable but charging an EV acceptable?  

Tinwheeler

Because the Wi-fi is pretty pathetic and can’t cope but 16a is 16a. Simples!

Found your stirring spoon, have you?

JVB66

Because the majority of sites are remote from anything other than long bt copper  telephone wire,feeding what coul be up to two hundred and more "houses"in a "little village " the streaming of programmes and the such will  severly restrict what is available, as is the same that thousands of people in permanent villages villages arround the country have been having trouble with for years,there is no diference

JVB66

And 16 amp is the max on the bollard but not necessarily as high as that if site supply under "pressure"

Cornersteady

why is he making a pie?

Tinwheeler

Or eating one. 

DavidKlyne

I often measure the internet speed on Club sites and I have not found many that offer a speed of above 1Mbps download even on Gold Standard sites. Whether this is deliberate throttling back by the system I don't know. With that level of speed I think you would struggle to stream successfully even if it were allowed.

David

Simon100

You could try streaming with a MiFi system or tether the Roku to your mobile phone 'both using 4G, but be prepared to use up your data very quickly.

Shuttleworths

Thanks that was my conclusion too perhaps I will just have to go to the pub (sigh)!

jennyc

The amount of data used when steaming, depends on the demands of the device that you are streaming to. We haven’t used our TV for about three years now, preferring the convenience of an iPad, commonly fed from our mobile data allowance - when available. The data consumption per hour of TV streaming to a mobile device is around 225Mb. So a monthly allowance of 10Gb would provide over 40 hours viewing. Which is more than adequate for our own needs, especially since we both have 10Gb allowances.

NFC

I use a Roku using my iPad as a WiFi hotspot. I have a healthy data allowance and have never run out of data. We do not however spend hours every night streaming programmes. It does also require a good 3G or 4G signal.

lornalou1

i have just recieved a MiFi unit frm 3. £8 per month for 10gb data at 4g. if you already subscribe to netflix you can use the unit to stream from there and will not come of your data allowance. connect up to 10 devices and Go Roam in 60 destinations aroud the world at no extra cost ( with something called Feel At Home )?? when tested got 50mbs download speed. not bad for £1.85 per week. free unit and free delivery.