[Gllug] 'net access from hotels in the USA

[Andy Farnsworth]

salsaman wrote:

> 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.
> http://lives.sourceforge.net
>
This is a very common question, especially among the Tech society.  The 
answer, unfortunately, is no, or at least not close enough that I have 
ever found a relationship.

Andy Farnsworth
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