Hotel "Data Ports"
 

What exactly do you get when a hotel offers a modem data port. Is it just a dial tone or will it connect you directly?

A dial tone that gives you a 19.2K connection at best.

-doug

dial tone

Never believe it when a hotel says they have high speed internet access, unless you know someone who has already been there and seen it. Most of the time it means they have one computer with DSL in the lobby. :)

If you're traveling (primarily in the US and some parts of Canada and other countries) check this site out...

http://www.wayport.net

They work with many hotels and actually provide reliable high speed access.

i have NIGHTMARE stories regarding hotel high speed internet.

the only chain i half trust sight-unseen is the starwood hotels (westin/W/sheraton/etc).

I really want hotels to have high speed access in every room, why isnt this possible?

I am in a hotel in waikiki right now... and I am pluged into a "dataport".. a plug in the side of the phone with the word "dataport" on it....

if you travel a lot and require high speed internet:

http://geektools.com/geektels/

probably the largest list of hotels with high speed internet world wide...

Yah I may be heading to HI.

What ISP are you using there? I need to be able to ssh to my servers.