About Us
Caraweb was founded in 2006 by Terry Eato and Dennis German to provide wireless broadband internet connections to caravan sites in the UK.
We are experienced caravaners who have travelled in the UK and Europe. On our travels, we became aware of the need to keep in touch with home and noticed a real gap in the UK caravan and campsite market — a lack of any easily accessible wireless broadband connections which would allow speeds almost equivalent to a home internet connection.
After much testing of hardware, we installed our first system at a site near Rutland Water in 2006 and after only a few weeks, it was looking like a real winner. The site owner is very pleased, as he now charges a modest amount to those visitors wanting the service, and the comments about returning because of its availability, will mean the payback period is short.
Installation, usage, and performance
Dennis & Terry, Caraweb's founders
Our wireless system can be installed very quickly and has been tested to over 300m — at that range it still gives an acceptable broadband connection. Customers connect using Surf Cards that are ordered by the campsite and sold on at a price determined by the site owner.
The system is monitored remotely by Caraweb to ensure fair usage and to enable hardware to be updated when changes are required. The system is secure and will run in a site office without a permanent connection to a PC or laptop as it’s a stand alone installation. All the site has to have is an ADSL broadband connection, which the majority of sites have or can have installed.
Benefits
Apart from attracting more weekend visitors who will want to return, there is the real potential for people to use the service for longer stays all through the year and even work away from home.
The system allows the same connection as you would have at home, so chatting on MSN, free internet phone calls, surfing the net or simply checking emails are all quick and easy. All the visitor needs is a wireless enabled laptop and a power supply then they can quite literally "Park, Pitch & Surf".
