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Blog: David Loshin« Microsoft: BI for Everyone... | Main | Report from TDWI Orlando » Travel Wi-FiI just read Shawn's last blog post about hotels that offer free Wi-Fi internet service with interest. I agree, and have found that it is typically the higher-end hotels that charge for it, with the more accomodating lower-end ones willing to open up their networks. I do appreciate those smaller hotels that offer free Internet, although my preference for most other aspects of a hotel stay (e.g., "clean" sheets) trend towards the same ones that charge you (lots) for Internet + Long Distance. Yet clearly, we have become dependent on connectivity, especially when you must be in contact with your staff/customers/partners. My dilemma was compounded by my compulsion for early airport arrival for business travel, which resulted in hours sitting around the airport unconnected unless I was willing to pop for the Wi-Fi fee. So I bit the bullet and signed up for wireless broadband service. On the one hand, there is a monthly cost, but on the other, I rarely worry about being out of touch. Hoepfully, by the time my service contract runs out in 2 years, some beneficient organization (Google?) will have installed free Wi-Fi in the major cities. One can only hope...
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Comments
Good news David, The Omni at Champions Gate the host hotel for this weeks TDWI conference has it figured it, fast free wireless in all guest rooms, nice rooms, resort atmosphere and zero cell phone connectivity in the conference areas. But I guess it's easier to stand outside to make a cell call than to stand outside to blog :)
Posted by: Shawn Rogers | October 31, 2005 1:12 PM
And here I am trying to blog using my national access wireles connection...
Posted by: David Loshin | November 1, 2005 7:16 PM
Something is wrong though when I can only get 200kbps pipe in my hotel room...but the McDonald's down the street from my home is offering 6M pipe...for free.
Free, fast, wireless is a right of citizenship!
Power to the people!!!!
Posted by: Scott McNabb | November 2, 2005 8:35 AM
Hey, where is that McDonald's? Maybe we'll set up a branch office in a van in the parking lot ;-)
Posted by: David Loshin | November 4, 2005 1:33 PM