[Gllug] 'net access from hotels in the USA

[salsaman]

Andy Farnsworth wrote:

> John Winters wrote:
>
>> My wife's sister is proposing to cycle across the USA from coast to
>> coast (again!) next summer.  The last time she did it she took a laptop
>> with her and e-mailed her dispatches with the aid of a modem and hotel
>> telephone lines.
>> <snip>
>>
> John,
>  I am US citizen living in the UK.  I am currently in the US and the 
> answer is "Yes" (well mostly) almost all hotels have it now even the 
> very small and cheap ones like Motel 8, econolodge, etc.  I do 
> recommend she take a wire (cat-5) along too, just in case as I am not 
> sure that the hotels actually offer wireless, though I am sure many of 
> them do.  To save on space, she can take a very short one, but I 
> suggest she take one.  If she doesn't mind missing a night she could 
> even leave that phone cable at home, but for the weight savings I 
> would take one just in case.
>
> Andy Farnsworth

Andy,
just out of curiosity, are you any relation to Philo Farnsworth, 
inventor of the cathode ray tube ?

Salsaman.
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