Hi Brian and list, I think I muddied the waters by mentioning hotels as an
example of a publicly available dial-up connection. I was only meaning
that it is wrong to say that wireless is the only access option. You can
access the net when away from home, by any of the usual means. Issues
around price, and permission for that matter, would be, I would have
thought, off-topic for this list - but the moderator rules, ok!
Sorry to have caused an unintentional thread.
Amie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Lingard" <B.Lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 7:41 PM
Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: buying a laptop
Ottawa Canada
Hi list:
Some hotels offer both wired-in and wireless high speed Internet
access, others just one or the other or neither.
You usually can use a modem to make a dial-up Internet
connection, but unless you're just down and uploading e-mail with
no file attachments, dial-up is pretty slow if you're used to
high speed.
Some hotels customarily charge $10 or more per day for high speed
Internet, but some waive this if you are a member of their
Preferred or Frequent Guest Club.
Fairmont gives me free Internet and local telephone calls as I
belong to their President's Club.
I also get complimentary overnight shoe shine, express check-in
and check-out, 10% off on merchandise in their CP shops, which
sells nice leather goods like portfolios, club bags and such.
Also complimentary room upgrades if available.
Some hotels offer a package consisting of High Speed Internet
access, local and long distance calls and possibly other things
for say $15 or $20 per day. While this may seem expensive, it
can be cheap if you make a few telephone calls from your room or
suite. Hotel long distance rates can be totally outrageous.
Brian
Brian K. Lingard
e-mail: B.Lingard@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Tel: +1 (613) 247-0665
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