HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Internet

New York: Playing With Roomlinx at Andaz 5th Ave

MsRebecca — 2010-07-15T09:33:35-05:00

We usually travel with our laptop, netbook, Blackberry and iPod Touch, so when it comes to in-room Internet, we're all set with free WiFi. But in the past we have been known to use one of those dinky TV + keyboard setups to go online in our hotel room. Since they have free and fast WiFi throughout the hotel, we were surprised to see one of these systems at Andaz 5th Avenue. But then we realized that this was a Roomlinx system—and offers way more than your run-of-the-mill internet access.

Here's our photo gallery tour of some of the Roomlinx features.

Chantilly: We Can Maybe Live With Wired, If the Wire's Long Enough

amandak — 2009-02-23T09:16:09-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Marriott_Centerville_WiFi_Cable.jpg" class="top"> The WiFi blues strike again. Or more correctly, the lack-of-Wifi blues are what hit self-confessed geek <a href="http://awesome.goodmagazine.com/transparency/web/trans0209gettingaround.html/">Wayan Vota</a> who threw his hands in the air at the internet access hell of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marriott+Westfields/ian/116949">Marriott Centerville</a> near Washington DC.This hotel, admittedly, only claims to have guest rooms with wired internet access; WiFi is reserved for public areas. But wired could be okay, if it wasn't for one problem:<blockquote> This 4 Star hotel only offers 6 feet of Ethernet cable in its rooms. No Wifi, just a too short cable that I was the third person in line to complain about. Marriott, do not be so cheap. If you cannot manage Wifi, at least give us 10 foot

Nairobi: In Africa, Depend on Hotel Business Centers for Internet

ScarlettLion — 2008-09-17T13:35:55-05:00

<![CDATA[HotelChatter's newest contributing editor <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/ScarlettLion">Scarlett Lion</a> is filing her stories from Uganda. Every now and then, she'll be sending us dispatches about the hotel scene here and around Africa. Got questions? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send 'em to us</a> and we'll get them answered. Enjoy.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/bizcenter.jpg" class="imgborder">This is actually a hotel business center in San Francisco.The average internet café, dotted throughout any big city in Africa, will cost less than a dollar an hour. But, it might take about an hour to open your webmail. The average luxury hotel business center, however, will cost about $10 an hour. It will provide the user a connection speed that reminds him or her of the days of AOL and that grinding modem sound, now