I have had similar experiences. Red Roof Inns and their ilk provide broadband free of charge, but upscale places typically charge $9.95 per day, more or less. I stayed at the Hyatt in downtown Indianapolis in August, and I just got back from a Marriott in Newton, MA and both charged.
I have an even bigger complaint regarding bargain vs. upscale hotels (somewhat ot): small places (like the motel I stayed at in Ann Arbor in June) tend to give you "normal" cable channels, but the "nice" places restrict you to some subset of what you'd get at home (even with basic cable). Does anybody know why this is? As far as other countries are concerned, I stayed in a number of hotels in Japan this summer. Some were nicer than others, but the only one that charged for broadband access was a resort near Mt. Fuji. I can recall staying at a hotel in Nagoya which is used by many locals as a catering hall for weddings (they take weddings very seriously in Japan); I'd say it was at least the equivalent of the Marriott in Newton, and no charge for broadband. As for quality of service, I'm no judge of that. I very seldom notice a slow connection unless it's egregiously slow. ************************************************************************ * ==> QUICK LIST-COMMAND REFERENCE - Put the following commands in <== * ==> the body of an email & send 'em to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <== * Join the list: SUBSCRIBE COMPUTERGUYS-L Your Name * Too much mail? Try Daily Digests command: SET COMPUTERGUYS-L DIGEST * Tired of the List? Unsubscribe command: SIGNOFF COMPUTERGUYS-L * New address? From OLD address send: CHANGE COMPUTERGUYS-L YourNewAddress * Need more help? Send mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ************************************************************************ * List archive at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/ * RSS at www.mail-archive.com/computerguys-l@listserv.aol.com/maillist.xml * Messages bearing the header "X-No-Archive: yes" will not be archived ************************************************************************
