Hotels with Broadband? 31
dialupInHoboken asks: "I'd like to know if anyone has compiled a list (that they'd like to share) of hotels in metropolitan areas that offer broadband connections, hard-wired or wireless, and how much the service costs per day, etc. I've found a few hotels that offer it, but don't advertise it, or really know that much about what they're offering. A comprehensive list would be something of value to us bandwidth-crazed individuals." There was an Ask Slashdot about this, early last year. Now that "broadband" is a marketable buzzword for businesses, have more hotels caught on?
Wyndham Hotels (Score:3, Informative)
All Wyndham [wyndham.com] hotels offer broadband internet access through Waypoint's network, at $9.95 a day, or for free if you sign up to become a waypoint member (it's free at the hotels)...
They do implore a Linux box that does MAC-based access control, so switching NICs/MAC addresses or using more than one computer will result in a seperate charge per system. Hope this helps...
Telia Homerun (Score:3, Interesting)
Waste of time. (Score:2)
a) Call 100 hotels to find the 10 with broadband and choose one of those
b) Have a list of broadband-capable hotels and only call those 10 to begin with?
(I know these numbers are off, but you get the idea)
Re:Waste of time. (Score:2)
Obviously other people cannot. (Whether due to addiction or business needs)
$10/day = not worth it.
webtv (Score:3, Informative)
Although I'm sure this is probably fine for some people, most slashdot-types would probably get irritated pretty fast with this kind of connection. So if you ask the hotel about what kind of internet access they have, and they say "yes we have high speed internet access in every room", they might mean this webtv crap. They might also mean there is a data port on the phone in the room. woo hoo.
If any hotel-types are reading this: Personally I'd much rather have 802.11 and/or an ethernet jack in the wall.
Arescom (Score:2, Interesting)
STSN (Score:2, Informative)
I don't know why people implement useless non-proximity searches for locating geographic features. Such a waste of time.
The cost for service is typically USD 9.95 per day. Some locations will offer discounts for larger blocks of time. Just be sure to go directly to their portal site when you first connect. If you fire up your ssh session first, you will usually be charged for the day and won't get a chance to claim the weekly/monthly rate. Heaven forbid you should have to stay in a hotel that long.
Re:STSN (Score:1)
Re:STSN (Score:1)
Re:STSN (Score:3, Informative)
Wayport also has national (and international) maps of participating hotels [wayport.net]
Some other online lists of providers can be found here [magazine.se], here [zyworld.com], and here [geektools.com].
Of course, you want to make sure that if you invest in a wireless card [amazon.com] it will be compatible with the hotels you most frequently stay at.
Re:STSN (Score:1)
But everyone in the adjacent rooms gets online for free! :)
Re:STSN (Score:2)
An addition: make sure you call the hotel beforehand to verify that they still have their broadband connection. I had a friend who found a hotel on the geektools' list and when he arrived they didn't have it. They got rid of it because it was too expensive and nobody was using it.
Marriott Does (Score:2, Interesting)
Hotels that Claim it but dont have it! (Score:2, Informative)
Indeed (Score:2)
Anyhow, as far as I'm concerned, broadband in hotels is a myth. I'm ready to throw in the towel and get an Earthlink account and buy a modem.
-Waldo Jaquith
Crown Plaza (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Crown Plaza (Score:1)
- A.P.
GeekTels (Score:4, Informative)
Re:GeekTels (Score:1)
the W in seattle (Score:1)
Wingate Inns (Score:2, Interesting)
Fairmont Airport in Vancouver (Score:1, Interesting)
Tokyo, Sydney, Berlin - Oh My! (Score:1)
the Akasaka Prince in Akasaka-Mitsuke, Tokyo
the Intercontinental on Macquarie St. in Sydney (about twelve bucks australian a day)
the Hotel Royal Dorint Am Gendarmarket, in Berlin (they also have non-plugin via an in-room keyboard and the TV)
In addition, there are about fifty proper free Internet terminals scattered around Sydney Kingsford-Smith airport running IE on Windows, and a few non-free ones in the Cairns airport running IE on X.
Saskatoon, SK (Score:1)
1) Holiday Inn Express
2) Radisson
3) Travelodge (www.travelodgesaskatoon.com)
The Holiday Inn and Radisson both have ethernet drops in some rooms. The Travelodge will give you a 3Com 802.11B card when you checkin and take it back when you checkout. I think you can also use your own 802.11B card. It also has (for business class rooms) a printer/fax in the room for you to use.
I'm sorry if that sounds like an advert, but I stayed there and it was great.
Hilton Garden Inn (Score:1)
Day's Inn - Nepean, ON, Canada (Score:1)
Hyatt hotels... (Score:2)