Campers want wifi

[rocketsocks]

and in other news...

Americans are camping in record numbers, but still want wifi.

https://www.google.com/amp/www.foxne...wi-fi.amp.html

[swisscross]

Taking the family to the GC this summer and have booked a cabin on the north rim.
My daughter cannot believe that there is no TV or internet.

[Sarcasm the elf]

This gives me a great idea to mess with people. Maybe this spring when I'm on trail I'll start posting papers in the shelter listing fake Wifi network names and passwords!

[Alligator]

This gives me a great idea to mess with people. Maybe this spring when I'm on trail I'll start posting papers in the shelter listing fake Wifi network names and passwords!

Put an entry for it in the register. "Picked up a weak network uphill about 400 feet on the ridge" "Happened to notice an open WiFi network about 100 feet past the second water hole. If you can't see it, you may have to key it in manually, but it was called...." Sit back, cook dinner, and watch people periodically trudge uphill or downstream.

I wonder if you could spoof a WiFi hotspot without having your device actually connected to your provider. Maybe there's a router that works on batteries...

[windlion]

Put an entry for it in the register. "Picked up a weak network uphill about 400 feet on the ridge" "Happened to notice an open WiFi network about 100 feet past the second water hole. If you can't see it, you may have to key it in manually, but it was called...." Sit back, cook dinner, and watch people periodically trudge uphill or downstream.

I wonder if you could spoof a WiFi hotspot without having your device actually connected to your provider. Maybe there's a router that works on batteries...

There is! http://yourkarma.com ... and if they do manage to get through, the device leads them to their own account, no charge to you.

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[Tipi Walter]

Sleeping in a metal box on wheels is not camping.

Exactly! When "camping" is used together with "KOA" you know Orwell's doublethink is alive and well.

I like my electronics and doubt I'd ever hike without em.

But when they misfire and malfunction on a long trip this is what happens---


My dang sangean radio went haywire on a 20 day trip in 2012 and I did field repair with a rock after spreading it out for a review pic on my tent stuff sack before bashing it.

[rocketsocks]

Exactly! When "camping" is used together with "KOA" you know Orwell's doublethink is alive and well.



But when they misfire and malfunction on a long trip this is what happens---


My dang sangean radio went haywire on a 20 day trip in 2012 and I did field repair with a rock after spreading it out for a review pic on my tent stuff sack before bashing it.

looks like the transmixer lost its equalizer pegs.

[Bladerunner1]

Oh! I love this game! Yes!

[Dogwood]

The increasing attempt to commercialize and own Nature..the environment.

[Feral Bill]

Sleeping in a metal box on wheels is not camping.

[Slo-go'en]

Get some of those "FREE WI-FI" stickers they put in coffee shop windows and stick it to the register box in the shelter Some shelters already have dummy electrical outlets to add to the fun.

Actually, it wouldn't be hard to have cell based WI-FI at many shelter sites, it just cost money to do so. Get a corporate sponsor?

[Kaptainkriz]

LoL, there is an outlet on the side of the privy at Pogo campsite in MD...made me laugh!

Get some of those "FREE WI-FI" stickers they put in coffee shop windows and stick it to the register box in the shelter Some shelters already have dummy electrical outlets to add to the fun.

Actually, it wouldn't be hard to have cell based WI-FI at many shelter sites, it just cost money to do so. Get a corporate sponsor?

[rocketsocks]

I like my electronics and doubt I'd ever hike without em.

[Venchka]

The Rio Chama RV Park in Chama, NM has a lovely, large, grassy and shaded area for tent campers. Away from the big rigs, yet convenient to the clean restrooms and hot showers. Free Wi-Fi, picnic table and fire ring included.
Rate: $15/night. $3-$5/night cheaper than the primitive Forest Service campgrounds up the road.
It's a great place to clean up, fill up & resupply if you're backpacking in the area.
Wayne

[ScareBear]

The Rio Chama RV Park in Chama, NM has a lovely, large, grassy and shaded area for tent campers. Away from the big rigs, yet convenient to the clean restrooms and hot showers. Free Wi-Fi, picnic table and fire ring included.
Rate: $15/night. $3-$5/night cheaper than the primitive Forest Service campgrounds up the road.
It's a great place to clean up, fill up & resupply if you're backpacking in the area.
Wayne

Good rates. However, I wouldn't camp at a RV park that DIDN'T have WiFi these days...

[skater]

Get some of those "FREE WI-FI" stickers they put in coffee shop windows and stick it to the register box in the shelter Some shelters already have dummy electrical outlets to add to the fun.

Actually, it wouldn't be hard to have cell based WI-FI at many shelter sites, it just cost money to do so. Get a corporate sponsor?

Please be kind to your shelter maintainers and don't stick any stickers anywhere in the shelter. The suggestion to write it in the register gave me a good chuckle, though.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Put an entry for it in the register. "Picked up a weak network uphill about 400 feet on the ridge" "Happened to notice an open WiFi network about 100 feet past the second water hole. If you can't see it, you may have to key it in manually, but it was called...." Sit back, cook dinner, and watch people periodically trudge uphill or downstream.

I wonder if you could spoof a WiFi hotspot without having your device actually connected to your provider. Maybe there's a router that works on batteries...

Get some of those "FREE WI-FI" stickers they put in coffee shop windows and stick it to the register box in the shelter Some shelters already have dummy electrical outlets to add to the fun.

Actually, it wouldn't be hard to have cell based WI-FI at many shelter sites, it just cost money to do so. Get a corporate sponsor?

I really think we're on to something here! This could provide a lot of entertainment for me this summer and if I do it right and people are gullible enough, I might even be able to set it up so that it it causes people to concentrate use onto areas that are best for trail management!

[Feral Bill]

I really think we're on to something here! This could provide a lot of entertainment for me this summer and if I do it right and people are gullible enough, I might even be able to set it up so that it it causes people to concentrate use onto areas that are best for trail management!

You're concerned about people not being gullible enough? Seriously?

[devoidapop]

"Free beer and Wi-Fi at the next shelter"

[Longboysfan]

"Free beer and Wi-Fi at the next shelter"

That's what they all say.