[BC] Hotel Internet Services

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Well, I am a cheap SOB, even when traveling on the company's dime.  In  
fact, I once had a CFO send out a memo which read, in part, "We have  
some employees who fly first class, and stay in expensive hotels, an  
another who stays in Red Roof Inns.

Well, I was the second, but I generally flew first class, with miles  
and such.  The company didn't pay EXTRA for it.

I have found that nearly all Choice hotels (all of their brands) have  
at least SOME rooms with Ethernet connections.

Best Western had some rooms with Ethernet, though they have also gone  
WiFi.

Both chains have Ethernet in the lobby.

You can find it if you want to.

--chip

On Nov 28, 2010, at 10:11 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 13
> From: Ron Youvan <ka4inm at tampabay.rr.com>
>
>   Last year (2009) my family (and I) drove from near Tampa (over  
> night in N. Georgia) to Southern
> Illinois, to Chicago, (to visit the Museum of science and industry)  
> overnighting the next night in
> Hammond, then to Hobart, IN for a visit then on to Sinsinatti, Ohio,  
> (over night in S. Tennessee)
> and back to Tampa.
> I never did find wired internet in any motel or hotel, always WiFi  
> always free, only once could I
> send POP3 mail (N.W. Chicago) (I use RoadRunner) through the  
> connection, all others made me *send*
> with web-mail which many love, but not me.  I could get my POP3 E- 
> mail directly in all cases.
> Incidentally in the N.W. Chicago hotel I could not get or find a  
> WiFi signal in the room, anywhere
> in any hall on any floor except in the lobby, and it was quite  
> strong. (the front desk said they
> have 3 zones 3 bands)  In almost every case I had to call the front  
> desk for a password and user-name.
>   I prefer wired internet and I used my netbook (with an external  
> DVD drive and headphones) to play
> DVDs for my young son after an early bath.  My netbook has 2.4 Gig  
> WiFi only but the Chicago hotel
> said that should work fine.
>
> -- 
> Ron KA4INM