With the increasing amount of bandwidth (in US plans anyways) I wonder if the days of hotel WiFI is short lived anyways. We'll all be hotspotting it soon if we aren't already. Maybe if you are staying somewhere longer than a week and doing a lot of work in your room....but that seems like a small subset.
Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
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Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#102One thing that I noticed, is that the more expensive the hotel, the worst is the WiFI. Same applies when I have to pay for WiFI - the more I pay, the worst it is. I've found that 3 star hotels that offer free WiFI usually have the best speeds/service. Whereas 5 star hotels that usually charge $14.95 daily have the worst.
we had this exact convo @ lunch today. The worst is the double charge for "Turbo" bandwidth. No one charges for bathrooms why charge for WiFi the incremental cost per user is less.
I understand your point, but I wanted to mention that other countries do charge for bathrooms (even NYC charges for public washrooms), so you can use a better example in the future!
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#103Earlier quoted context omitted.
Locked up FF when I tried it.
Really? I've been using it in FF on GNU/Linux since it was announced 2013-04 without any issue (other than switching to a different tab seems to throttle connections). I've got the latest FF 31. What version/OS/graphics do you have?
Got it.
It was NoScript: NoScript set to allow scripts globally and it works, set to disable scripts by default and it freezes FF.
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#104While we're at it, can we also choose them by the actual things that let you get a good night's sleep -- whether the beds are not only nice enough but fit your preferences, whether the rooms are acoustically isolated enough you can't hear your neighbors walking (or watching TV or talking or getting busy), whether the temperature controls of the room work efficiently, and whether the room doesn't smell offensive. Righ…
Within a hotel, rooms in the same category can have widely varying characteristics. Rooms with ocean views could have full views, others could have a sliver view. We've collected tips on quiet rooms, large rooms, and rooms with a view for about 30K+ hotels on Room77.com under the "Insider Tips" section on the hotel pages.
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#105A number of older hotels have decent wired connections. Otherwise, if both the wired and the WiFi is bad or non-existent, I use my personal router (WiMAX) and connect that way. My phone is good option too.
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#106One thing that I noticed, is that the more expensive the hotel, the worst is the WiFI. Same applies when I have to pay for WiFI - the more I pay, the worst it is. I've found that 3 star hotels that offer free WiFI usually have the best speeds/service. Whereas 5 star hotels that usually charge $14.95 daily have the worst.
I was once in a Marriott that gave free Wi-Fi to Apple devices and charged all other devices. I didn't know about the Apple deal till a colleague on the same trip told me he was getting it free on his Macbook Pro. Needless to say, I spoofed my MAC address and User Agent and got it free as well. Not sure which one it was actually checking, but probably the latter. Anyway, something to be aware of.
Good tip but is it sensible to admit to several criminal offences on a public forum?
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#107I used to be fond of requiring high speed internet access in the hotels.
I gave up, upgraded to Unlimited 4G on my T-Mobile line, and don't worry about these things anymore. Problem solved! :-)
Unfortunately, you're very unlikely to be getting decent speeds and latency at the hotels, and most managers don't even care.
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#108I used to be fond of requiring high speed internet access in the hotels. I gave up, upgraded to Unlimited 4G on my T-Mobile line, and don't worry about these things anymore. Problem solved! :-) Unfortunately, you're very unlikely to be getting decent speeds and latency at the hotels, and most managers don't even care.
Yeah, but if you're travelling internationally it's a PITA. :)
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#109Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was once in a Marriott that gave free Wi-Fi to Apple devices and charged all other devices. I didn't know about the Apple deal till a colleague on the same trip told me he was getting it free on his Macbook Pro. Needless to say, I spoofed my MAC address and User Agent and got it free as well. Not sure which one it was actually checking, but probably the latter. Anyway, something to be aware of.
Good tip but is it sensible to admit to several criminal offences on a public forum?
IANL, but that probably isn't illegal.
Re: Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi
#110One thing that I noticed, is that the more expensive the hotel, the worst is the WiFI. Same applies when I have to pay for WiFI - the more I pay, the worst it is. I've found that 3 star hotels that offer free WiFI usually have the best speeds/service. Whereas 5 star hotels that usually charge $14.95 daily have the worst.
> Whereas 5 star hotels that usually charge $14.95 daily have the worst. The people that stay in these hotels normally aren't paying for the rooms (business trips for instance), so the company will pay the cost of the wifi for the duration of the stay without question
5 star hotels aren't really for most business travels though. I mean, if you are an exec ya, but usually you just get a 4 star Hilton at best. 5 star hotels are for rich people who won't notice.
5 star resorts usually ding you for lots of things, its how they make money (travelling next week to Thailand, psychologically prepared but at least the internet is free).