[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


I just stayed at a Holiday Inn in the middle of nowhere, Indiana. They 
had free wireless in every room.

I'm not sure if they all have it, but it solved my problems over there.

Salsaman.
http://lives.sourceforge.net

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