zakur
9th August 2003, 11:13 AM
The cry of the wild: ‘You’ve got mail!’ (http://www.daytondailynews.com/life/content/life/daily/0809webcamp.html)
Campers today choose campsites with Internet access
By Tom McNichol
New York Times
Ah, the sounds of the great outdoors: the rustle of ancient oaks, the chirp of a songbird nesting above your campsite and, somewhere far in the distance, the screech of a modem connecting to the Internet. At the Olema Ranch Campground, 35 miles north of San Francisco at the edge of Point Reyes National Seashore, Internet access is just another campsite amenity, like firewood or a laundry room. Guests with a computer can go online by plugging into a communal phone jack just outside the camp’s general store.
Robert Shannon, a camper from Tucson, Ariz., perched his laptop on a small shelf by the modem hookup, tapped away for a few minutes and then signed off. Shannon checks his e-mail two to three times a week while on vacation and says that Internet access matters when deciding where to camp.
‘‘First off, it’s got to be a nice campground,’’ Shannon said. ‘‘But after that, Internet access is an important criterion. Some places it’s almost impossible to get online, but they have a good setup here.’’
Connected campgrounds such as Olema Ranch have become popular by catering to vacationers who want to get away from it all while still keeping up with their e-mail. Stay Connected, a guide to ‘‘modem-friendly’’ recreational-vehicle campgrounds, lists more than 4,600 camps and RV parks that offer Internet access, including 460 sites with instant on-arrival access.I go backpacking/camping a lot — my sole purpose is to GET AWAY from this crap. I leave the laptop at home and turn my cell phone off. I'm sorry, but camping with Internet access is not camping.
Campers today choose campsites with Internet access
By Tom McNichol
New York Times
Ah, the sounds of the great outdoors: the rustle of ancient oaks, the chirp of a songbird nesting above your campsite and, somewhere far in the distance, the screech of a modem connecting to the Internet. At the Olema Ranch Campground, 35 miles north of San Francisco at the edge of Point Reyes National Seashore, Internet access is just another campsite amenity, like firewood or a laundry room. Guests with a computer can go online by plugging into a communal phone jack just outside the camp’s general store.
Robert Shannon, a camper from Tucson, Ariz., perched his laptop on a small shelf by the modem hookup, tapped away for a few minutes and then signed off. Shannon checks his e-mail two to three times a week while on vacation and says that Internet access matters when deciding where to camp.
‘‘First off, it’s got to be a nice campground,’’ Shannon said. ‘‘But after that, Internet access is an important criterion. Some places it’s almost impossible to get online, but they have a good setup here.’’
Connected campgrounds such as Olema Ranch have become popular by catering to vacationers who want to get away from it all while still keeping up with their e-mail. Stay Connected, a guide to ‘‘modem-friendly’’ recreational-vehicle campgrounds, lists more than 4,600 camps and RV parks that offer Internet access, including 460 sites with instant on-arrival access.I go backpacking/camping a lot — my sole purpose is to GET AWAY from this crap. I leave the laptop at home and turn my cell phone off. I'm sorry, but camping with Internet access is not camping.