I just completed a 5000 mile trip from San Diego to Traverse City Michigan. The routes taken were from San Diego I15 to I70 to I76 to I80 to I94 to I196 to US131 to Traverse City. From Traverse City US131 to I196 to I 94 to I80 to I57 to I44 to I40 to I15 to San Diego. Every overnite stop we made we stayed at Best Western or Holiday Inn Express. Usually at Best Western. Both places had free high speed internet connections available. Be advised that you should carry a ethernet cable with you as not all offered wireless connections. Each motel that did not offer wireless had a modem and ethernet cable available in the room for use plus usually one available in the lobby. The reason for carrying a ethernet cable with you is that sometimes the furnished cable is pretty beat up or missing. Be on the safe side!! All the motels that offered wireless had great connections in the rooms and at the pool areas as well. Once in Traverse City I used Jwire to locate all the hotspots in the city. I discovered 6 that were free all conveniently located in the surrounding area. The on I used most of the time had a popup page for agreement for their usage. Other than agreeing to their conditions page before being given access to the net, there was no problems what so ever. So travelers and seekers of free internet sites. Use Jwire to locate the free and paid sites in the area in question. While traveling watch the roadside signs the Motels put up most are now updating their signs to indicate Highspeed internet access is available and for sure all Best Western and Holiday Inn have it through out the West and MidWest
Wayne Getchel San Diego Ca, USA Retired Subject: Re: Free Wireless Internet access on the road report At 4:54 AM -0700 8/12/05, Howard Katz wrote: >A growing chain throughout the midwest, called Panera's Cafe offers >free wifi at almost all of their establishments. I'm pretty sure >there's a good number of them on the West Coast too. (several near >here are located near a Starbucks, who charge $6/hour!). Also if you >need an email fix, be sure to look up local libraries and community >colleges--more and more of them offer free wifi too. >Later.................Howard I've heard of them but all the ones in CA I know of are in So Cal, a little too far south to drive for wireless. They would be preferable to me as I don't drink coffee. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
