Wireless Cities and Hotels [was Re: Last roader of the summer]

[marc.getty at temple.edu (Marc Getty)]

I've had nothing but great luck leaching free access from hotels. Anywhere from major cities to the two person town of Meziadin Lake, BC I've been able to acquire free access. While on road trips I'll just pull up in front of a motel, park, and browse away. Never have I run into trouble doing so. In July I spent nearly 4 hours in front of a hotel in Grand Junction, CO doing work without a single glitch, and this is from the first spot I tried to connect too!
 
One thing that does suck is that many hotels only allow http/https/smtp/pop/imap traffic and nothing else. This makes VPNing to various places 'round the world impossible. Not sure why they would go to the trouble of blocking these other ports but they do so all the time.
 
-Marc

 
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From: Chris [mailto:open.seas@verizon.net]
Sent: Wed 9/6/2006 8:24 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: Wireless Cities and Hotels [was Re: Last roader of the summer]



PC Mag, last few months,has had a section devoted to the best wired
cities and hotels. "Connected Traveler"

for ex: San Diego
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2003370,00.asp


.pdf for best connected hotels
http://www.pcmag.com/download_thank_you/0,1220,d=3341,00.asp

Chris
Gordon Forbess wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:13:20 -0400, "C Boyko"
> <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:
>
>> So a couple of comments...how reliable have you guys found hotel wireless
>> to be? I spent WAY too much time on "hotel tech support" with no good
>> results....got online for maybe an hour out of it?
>
> Mixed results.  In many hotels, the signal is so weak you keep getting
> disconnected.  I thought a La Quinta in Memphis was an exception when
> I stayed there for three days a couple of months ago.  Never once did
> I get bumped off.  Then I realized on the last day that the network I
> had been on was Amerisuites.. the hotel across the parking lot.

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