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Maybe the site should use something like http://www.pingtest.net/
Which, unfortunately, requires Java.
I used to do consulting and traveled 100%. The term "High Speed Internet" is a common misnomer with Hotels, and was a bane of my existence, because it typically meant > 56k but These were with Hyatt, Marriott and Hilton hotels, mind you. If aggregaters like Hipmunk could incorporate this speed data, the way that they have with in-flight wifi, then hopefully there will be a push to improve this standard.
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As a fellow traveling worker, I find the same problem. For this subset of society, wifi speed is a crucial deciding factor. Top 3, for me, at least.
Wouldn't you just get a mobile hotspot? Or are you traveling to places with poor cell reception?
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Yes, latency is very important. We found that there is a strong negative correlation between bandwidth and latency (faster connections tend to have lower response times). That's why we decided to focus on speed first. We are planning to add ping testing as well.
I'm sure you guys are on it, but: See apenwarr's 'Blip' for checking latency in the browser: https://github.com/apenwarr/blip
For people who travel a lot this website is a great resource.
I'd like latency as well as speed. A lot of hotels I have been to have really high ping times.
Yes, latency is very important. We found that there is a strong negative correlation between bandwidth and latency (faster connections tend to have lower response times). That's why we decided to focus on speed first. We are planning to add ping testing as well.
While the WiFi in most hotels is horrendous, wired internet is pretty awesome most of the time. A network cable is always in my suitcase and my laptop can run as an access point for my other devices. A separate access point could also come in handy (you have very small ones nowadays). During JSDay.it people had a lot of time even connecting to the WiFi while I was running at 80 mbps.
Sorry, we've moved on to the future, we're too cool to have laptops with useful ports anymore.
I'd like latency as well as speed. A lot of hotels I have been to have really high ping times.
Having stayed at a couple of the reviewed hotels in Brazil that get a good rating, you would think everything was fine. But latency is a HUGE problem in Brazil[1], and in probably any country that's far removed from the major backbones. Yes, I can watch Youtube just fine in Brazil but I can't tell you the number of times that Skype video or other highly interactive apps wouldn't start or conk out because of poor late…
While the WiFi in most hotels is horrendous, wired internet is pretty awesome most of the time. A network cable is always in my suitcase and my laptop can run as an access point for my other devices. A separate access point could also come in handy (you have very small ones nowadays). During JSDay.it people had a lot of time even connecting to the WiFi while I was running at 80 mbps.
Sorry, we've moved on to the future, we're too cool to have laptops with useful ports anymore.