Oshkosh Wifi

[Paul K]

In the past, both cell and wifi have been extreamly poor from HBC during storms when everyone wants to see the weather, evenings right after the airshow when everyone returns to their camp sites, and mid mornings when everyone is trying to see what is going on in the world. I also conduct business and have had the best luck avoiding those times and using my phone hot spot when I have LTE. Works well.

Here at home, I have fould the quality of the wifi connection at my local Panera or other usual restaurants spots really slow to downright poor. They must be restricting because I noticed it is even worse when you see a lot of customers on their phones / computers during meal times. Just an observation and worth what you paid for it.

[sprucemoose]

There is an Internet cafe in Scholler just southeast of the red barn that has had wired connections available in the past. They're not open yet (Thursday 7-21 4:30pm) but I'll keep an eye out when it opens.

[sblack]

I had good internet in the wifi huts in camp scholler. A but of a trudge to getthere

[RV7Guy]

Hey Dan,

There is a coin Laundry place on the North side of the airport with a great connection. I usually go there some time during the week for laundry and catch up on email stuff.

The hot spot with your phone will work but you'll chew through the data quick.

[FasGlas]

I would invite you to our house with dedicated WiFi at the end of 27 and hand you a beer but we're leaving Thursday morning. Sorry.. I would suggest any MickyD's or Starbucks. Most any hotel would have WiFi but you'd have to get the password from the desk guy. I tether nearly everywhere off my cell but that can be real hit or miss with the towers being flooded with users. You might see data drop outs or huge slowdowns. You can always drive a bit and tether over 7 miles away and not have overcrowded towers.

[PixelWorker]

The museum maybe?

[derLuigi]

How about Oshkosh University? They have a computer room that's open for people renting rooms there, I don't remember if there's Wifi too but you could call them and ask. I guess something could be arranged...
...and there's even a bus service.

[bobnoffs]

i live in n. wi. near a major tourist destination town. i use my phone for a hotspot at home with verizon service. on the weekends in the summer service is so slow you swear your computer has been taken over. not even worth going on line until monday. in the next 12 hrs. it will slow down to a crawl. don't know what to expect from verizon in such a busy place.

[DanH]

Reporting back with some followup.

First, tethering my cell phone to the laptop was a good plan for routine webpage and email access, although I'm pretty sure I ran up a $45 data overage bill. No connection issues at all.

The broadband access solution was to spend the afternoon at a private home over near the North 40. Whatever keeps Airventure web access in a snarl didn't have any effect on private access off the grounds. I was able to buy seven utility trucks via live audio/video.

Thanks for the advice guys.

[Neal@F14]

The WiFi in HBC was completely unusable this year, the past 3 years it was at least sometimes marginally usable in the evenings, but totally zilch this year. Even the Verizon 4G LTE data service on my phone was slow and congested.