loserhead
3 Billion Chinese People Can Be Wrong
join:2004-01-01
Ellijay, GA
| Restful Sleep...
...is a lot easier to get if you have access to your email. not to mention illegal music downloads, pr0n, and Star Treck convention schedules.
its a wonder that there ever WAS a hotel industry before broadband.
/stupidity
honestly, i had nothing to say but i like to be the first one on these posts :-P
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kalphearion
In nomine Patri
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join:2003-11-08
Denver, CO
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| when I go on vacation
Its to a place that I will be out of the resort the whole time. Business Purposes I would like to see alot more hotels have better connections.
"Hey mom, I know you paid well over 1000 dollars for this trip, but I am going to just sit in the hotel and play on my laptop." NO THANKS
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tdkyo
join:2002-12-07
Rochester, NY
| Slow online service
I went into this one hotel and they gave out free "high-speed" internet connection. When I did the speed test, the upload speed was nearly non-existent and the download speed was only and barely twice of 56K. (I think they divided the bandwidth per used room) It was so slow that when downloading full speed of 12 Kilobytes per second, I couldn't surf the net.
Heck, you really don't need to download during your vacation. Just check e-mail/forums and enjoy life without the wires.:) |
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kalphearion
In nomine Patri
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join:2003-11-08
Denver, CO
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| reply to loserhead
Re: Restful Sleep...
said by loserhead  :
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honestly, i had nothing to say but i like to be the first one on these posts :-P
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damn, its early and im on my way to work, YOU BEAT ME TO IT!
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PhoenixAZ
Joshua
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join:2004-01-04
Phoenix, AZ
| I got broadband on a boat
I got broadband on a boat, why not get broadband in a hotel? Not such a bad idea. Normally, I think every hotel should have broadband in these ages. And why did Carnival get broadband before hotels?
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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| It is a benefit I look for in a hotel!
I don't travel a lot, but when I do I want broadband access at the hotel I stay at. In addition to providing support for the company I work for, I like it for entertainment purposes. I wouldn't have to say my life revolves around the internet and email, but I have a lot of important things that are on the internet. It is important to me.
I like seeing more and more hotels supply broadband. Most of the hotels that provide this service also set it up pretty intelligently by blocking file sharing ports and leaving gaming ports open for instance. It really depends on the hotel though. I have encountered a hotel that ran the internet access through a linksys router with the default admin password in place. I told the hotel management about this before I left. 
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Cyber2lz
join:2001-11-15
Odessa, FL
| I travel quite a bit and believe me the "Broadband" at the Hyatts and Marriotts are all over the map. Courtyards seem to have the best and it's free. Hyatts and regular Marriotts are 9.95 for 24 hours and they aren't so "broad".
YMMV,
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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Maybe there should be a review for the "quality" of broadband at hotels. I have encountered better broadband at some of the smaller independent hotels than I have at the bigger national chains.
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NGOwner
join:2000-11-21
Leawood, KS
| Hilton Garden Inn.
All properties broadband enabled, it's complimentary, and it's a Hilton to boot!!
The one in Omaha, NE, is real nice, BTW.
[NG]Owner
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Engineer88
VIP
join:2000-12-01
Smithtown, NY
| reply to Nightfall
I agree. I've been happy with Hampton Inn, Hilton Garden Inn, and Marriot Courtyard. Wyndham/Summerfield Suites is free too (with a free 'by request' membership) and also works well.
The larger, more luxurious hotels seem to have the worst connections, and charge the most for them. Then again, these hotels don't have free breakfasts or free exercise rooms either.
Perhaps all these hotels use the same backbone size - one T1 usually - whether they have 50 rooms or 1500. Fortunatley, (as in Dvorak's experience) there is rarely any trouble getting credit for bad connections. |
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achuchma
join:2001-04-11
Tampa, FL
| reply to Cyber2lz
said by Cyber2lz :
I travel quite a bit and believe me the "Broadband" at the Hyatts and Marriotts are all over the map. Courtyards seem to have the best and it's free. Hyatts and regular Marriotts are 9.95 for 24 hours and they aren't so "broad".
I stayed at the Hyatt in Downtown Chicago back in May and their Broadband service was free, not to mention fast.
I was also pleased with the broadband service at a Holiday Inn that I stayed at in Richardson, TX.
If I am traveling for business, I *always* pick a hotel with broadband. Considering my job requires attaching 3 - 6MB files to emails for status updates, there is no pain like waiting for a large attachment to upload or download.
I do not plan a vacation around a hotel with broadband access, if I have a choice between two hotels that are the same rate per night, I always go with the one that has broadband access.
Why? I maintain several WEB sites as a side business, and it never fails that something breaks when I am out of town. Fixing a WEB site on broadband takes up less of my vacation time than it would on dial-up.
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Gwailo
join:2000-07-16
Richardson, TX
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From the PC Mag article: "Arriving at the luxurious Westin Century Plaza Hotel and Spa on L.A.'s west side..." and "There were other Ziff Davis editors at the hotel..." - now I know why a PC Magazine is way too expensive when you pick up a copy at a supermarket / magazine stand!
I travel a lot and most hotels tend to use either STSN or Wayport for guests broadband. From my experience, Wayport is far better. But regardless, I rarely "hurriedly checked in and raced up to my room to get online" as Lance Ulanoff (the PC Mag writer) did |
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reub2000
Premium
join:2001-12-28
Evanston, IL | reply to achuchma
Mabye you should take a vacation, and not worry about your web site? |
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ced06
join:2004-03-12
Towanda, PA | .
A guy I know went to Europe on vacation (Sweden or Norway...I can't remember). Anyways he had a wireless T3 connection in the hotel.  |
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aitech
Guru. Kneel
join:2000-12-19
Boston, MA
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| I look for it..
I most certainly look for it. Earlier this year for work, I had to travel up and down the East coast, and it seems that 2004 is the year all hotels are getting broadband. You have no idea how many hotels I stayed at (nicer hotels, Hilton, Wyndham, Mariott, Holiday Inns (corp ones).) were JUST getting it installed as I stayed. I felt like I was riding the installation tidelwave. One of the LA Quintas I stayed at (which offer 768/768 btw) literally had the techs come install the jack the day I was leaving. So did a residence inn, a ramada had the broadband guys installing as we arrived.. etc etc. This seems to be a huge trend all of a sudden, and I for one am happy with it. When your working on the road, my first question is, "Do you have free high speed internet?" NO? Ok, thanks.
It beats having to find a kinkos or using dialup..
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hedyd4u
Premium
join:2003-12-16
Schenectady, NY | Broadband on Vacation?
I would not dream of bringing a computer on vacation, business may be one thing but vacation. Isn't a vacation to get away and relax? If I took a computer on vacation I would be sure to stay on the first floor so my fall would not far. |
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russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | reply to reub2000
Re: It is a benefit I look for in a hotel!
There are no vacations for the self-employed. Their bosses are vicious taskmasters. |
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dslwanter
Why would I want DSL? I have FTTH
Premium
join:2002-12-16
Lowellville, OH
·Armstrong Zoom In..
·AT&T Midwest
| Bullllllllllll sh!tttt
Let me say this...I have checked into a few hotels that claim they have it. Well they only put high speed internet on their advertisements because it is "coming soon". When I went to Erie PA for the weekend. I checked in and out of 3 different hotels all 3 saying they have it but when I call the lobby, "oh it's coming soon".
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tidal
Tidal
Premium
join:2001-01-18
Madison, AL | reply to hedyd4u
Re: Broadband on Vacation?
great site...
»www.geektools.com/geektels |
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Nightfall
My Goal Is To Deny Yours
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join:2001-08-03
Grand Rapids, MI
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Re: It is a benefit I look for in a hotel!
said by russotto :
There are no vacations for the self-employed. Their bosses are vicious taskmasters.
That and there are those of us who do consulting work on the side. Don't get me wrong, I do take 1-2 weeks a year out for just me and the wife. However, she understands my job just as I understand hers. She is a doctor of pharmacy and works for a local hospital. There are times she is called up or in to help. That is part of her job and I understand that.
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