Dec 23

Free High-Speed Internet...May Not Be

Something to look out for when you travel: hotels advertising “Free High-Speed Internet” may be fudging the terms just a little bit.

I stayed in a hotel in New Jersey once that advertised this. I was all excited to get my laptop hooked up and check my email when I discovered what it really meant —

They had some kind of Web TV thing. You got high-speed service to about 15 sites on the television: CNN, the New York Times, and a few others. To get “Free and Unrestricted High-Speed Internet,” you had to pay $14.95 a day. And even then, you were still hampered by this crappier-than-WebTV interface that my Web mail refused to work for.

Needless to say, I was a little irritated. Now I never take “Free High-Speed Internet” at face value again. I always ask at the front desk. Not all hotels are this way (this one, in particular, was great), but has anyway else encountered this same problem?

by Deane   December 23, 2004 10:11 AM   |

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