Connectivity for campgrounds and RV parks.
WiFi and cell complaints are the number-one review killer for parks. Guests arrive expecting to stream, work, and stay connected — and they punish you publicly when they can't. We build park-wide coverage that survives the long weekend.
The seasonal spike problem
A park network that works fine in April melts down in August. The math is simple: ten times the guests means ten times the devices, all leaning on backhaul and access points that were sized for the quiet season. The result is the review you keep seeing — "great park, terrible WiFi" — and every one of them costs you bookings.
The park profile we build for: destination campgrounds and RV parks across the island and coast — the kind of operation like Thunderbird RV Park in Campbell River or We-Wai-Kai Campground on Quadra Island. (Not our clients — the profile of who we serve.)
What we build
- Park-wide distribution from a single backhaul. Starlink or fixed-wireless backhaul, surveyed and sized to peak-season load — then distributed across the property with properly placed access points. One strong pipe, engineered coverage, no dead loops.
- Designed for density. We plan for your busiest weekend: device counts, per-user bandwidth, and access-point placement that accounts for RVs — which are, effectively, metal boxes that eat signal.
- Guest and operations separation. Registration, POS, and staff systems on their own lane, isolated from guest traffic that spikes and dips with the season.
- Seasonal scaling. Systems that can be dialed up for peak season and back down for winter — so you're not paying for August capacity in February.
Trees, terrain, and RVs
Coastal parks are forested, and wet forest plus a field of metal RVs is about as hostile an RF environment as it gets. We survey the actual property — signal readings, obstruction assessment, backhaul options — before we spec anything, because a design drawn from a satellite photo is a guess, and guesses don't survive August.
"An RV is a Faraday cage with curtains. Your WiFi plan has to account for a hundred of them parked in a field of wet trees."
— Jonathan, Rapid Deploy Technologies Inc.
Frequently asked questions
Can campers actually stream on park WiFi?
If the system is designed for density — device counts, per-user bandwidth, and access-point placement that treats RVs as the metal boxes they are. We plan for your busiest weekend and size the backhaul to peak guest count, then distribute it across the property with engineered coverage.
Can one Starlink dish serve a whole park?
One dish as backhaul, yes — with proper distribution. The dish is the pipe; the engineering is everything downstream of it. We size the backhaul to your peak guest count and build the distribution to match.
Why do guests get signal at the office but nothing at their site?
Because the "WiFi" is one router in the office. Real park coverage needs engineered access-point placement across the property — that's the build.
Can we offer tiered or paid WiFi?
Yes — captive portals with free basic tiers and paid high-speed upgrades are a standard part of a park build, and they turn connectivity from a cost center into revenue.
Tell us about your park.
Email info@rapiddeploy.ca — site count, season length, current setup — and we'll scope a build.
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