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Brown Bear · 11-20-2002, 10:05 AM

Here is my rant 'o the day.

Why can't hotels give you straight details about internet access in their rooms? Specifically high-speed access.

When I travel I like to bring my laptop with me whether I'm on vacation or business. I like to stay in hotels that have high-speed access from your room. But finding out which hotels offer in-room high-speed access is like pulling teeth.

You would think that if a hotel went to all the trouble to install ethernet cable in every room that they might want to mention that on their website, but noooooooooo. They will tell you that the room has a complimentary coffee machine and hair dryer, but they won't bother to tell you about the high-speed net access. FUCK THE COFFEE!!! GIVE ME BROADBAND!!!

And then there are the websites that list under the room facilities something vague like: Internet Access. I got burned by that once. I was staying in a hotel that said the rooms had "internet access" and when I got there I found out that "internet acces" means the phones in the room have that extra plug in them so you can use some third party dial-up crap. An extra phone jack is not internet access!

So you say "why don't you just phone the hotel and ask them?" and I say "yay! I get to talk to some minimum wage earning highschool drop out about whether they have internet access" The usual conversation would go something like this:

Me: "Hi, do your rooms have high-speed internet access?"

Hotel: "yeah, we use the interweb"

Me: "but do your rooms have internet access in them?"

Hotel: "yeah, we have pictures of our rooms on the interweb"

Me: "AAAaaaaaargh *%^&^%&%!!!"

11-20-2002, 10:05 AM
Brown Bear Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,982	My rant of the day - Hotels and Internet Access Here is my rant 'o the day. Why can't hotels give you straight details about internet access in their rooms? Specifically high-speed access. When I travel I like to bring my laptop with me whether I'm on vacation or business. I like to stay in hotels that have high-speed access from your room. But finding out which hotels offer in-room high-speed access is like pulling teeth. You would think that if a hotel went to all the trouble to install ethernet cable in every room that they might want to mention that on their website, but noooooooooo. They will tell you that the room has a complimentary coffee machine and hair dryer, but they won't bother to tell you about the high-speed net access. FUCK THE COFFEE!!! GIVE ME BROADBAND!!! And then there are the websites that list under the room facilities something vague like: Internet Access. I got burned by that once. I was staying in a hotel that said the rooms had "internet access" and when I got there I found out that "internet acces" means the phones in the room have that extra plug in them so you can use some third party dial-up crap. An extra phone jack is not internet access! So you say "why don't you just phone the hotel and ask them?" and I say "yay! I get to talk to some minimum wage earning highschool drop out about whether they have internet access" The usual conversation would go something like this: Me: "Hi, do your rooms have high-speed internet access?" Hotel: "yeah, we use the interweb" Me: "but do your rooms have internet access in them?" Hotel: "yeah, we have pictures of our rooms on the interweb" Me: "AAAaaaaaargh *%^&^%&%!!!" __________________ Surrender all your independent thinking and Click Here for re-programming.