Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi

Re:Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi by Kittynana on Thursday July 24, 2014 @06:05PM (#8082579)

Last time I was in San Jose, I was surprised by how terrible the WiFi was at the hotel I stayed at. You could tell most of the guests were programmers, yet I could barely get 96k. And I specifically asked for a room close to the router. I guess maybe the boom in Silicon Valley means hotels can fill rooms without having competitive WiFi?

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Re:Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi by r0m4n0 on Friday July 25, 2014 @02:14AM (#8083971)

So true... I've stayed at the fairmont in SF and San Jose, both of which charge $15 for slow internet (unless you opt for the club where they usually bill you anyway and use your information to bombard you with ads). They even charge for the crap gym haha. I tend to steer clear now

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Re:Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi by marincounty on Friday July 25, 2014 @04:02AM (#8084182)

The Fairmont put in wifi in the ninties, and let the dust collect. I worked at that facade. The Swiglets were too cheap to upgrade. RIP dad!

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Re:Choose hotels by the quality of their WiFi by spydum on Thursday July 24, 2014 @09:18PM (#8083338)

Could it simply be higher ratio of bandwidth hungry wireless consumers just saturating their reasonable network?

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