We cannot imagine anything worse than being a journalist covering the Toronto Film Festival right now, staying at the Sutton Place where there are, apparently, some serious WiFi issues happening.

Imagine having an assignment to do and no Internet-ical resources to tap into. Worse: imagine no way to send emails (because we're in Canada and out of our domestic cell coverage area, obvi) and a burning need to blog about the horrible films we've watched -- and the amazing/equally horrible celebrities we've just seen. Disaster. ]]> Jenna 2008-09-08T12:37:48-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/8/25/14129/8261

When in Bordeaux, though some might enjoy more classical or idyllically French things, or wine, some might go avant-garde. But the New York Times wouldn't.

The marginally positive review in "Check-in, Check-out," of the sleek and new Seeko'o Hotel uses most of its word count to list technical, um, difficulties, that were not addressed during the course of the reviewer's stay. Seth Sherwood writes:

My room, No. 101, a “junior suite” was really just a semispacious hotel room (for 180 euros). The “business center,” similarly, was a lone Internet-linked computer in the lobby. Moreover, the room smelled of cigarettes and looked out on a row of decrepit buildings.

]]> ScarlettLion 2008-08-26T09:15:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/29/11523/1875 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/colosowifihell.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We're working out of Madrid today, staying at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/El+Coloso/ian/118328"><b>Hotel El Coloso</b></a>. We're a bit hard-pressed to say anything good or bad about the room, the service or the location, mostly because we're so floored by the <b>WiFi Fee: 17 euros, or $26, for 24-hours worth of access. </b><p> That's only if you want to surf the Internet and instant message people ("OMFG srsly? $26 for IM??!!?" is how we imagine those real-time chats will go.) But if you want to branch out and go wild with e-mail attachments, downloading files and opening a VPN? Well, that will cost you 22 euro ($34) for a mere 24 hours worth of surf time. Plus, this is a ticking jennm 2008-05-29T12:44:35-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/6/104435/5566 <![CDATA[<p><b>A HotelChatter Exclusive</b><p> <img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/bad_wifi.jpg"><p>Yesterday we told you where you can get <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/5/113450/4230/hotels/Best_WiFi_Hotels_2008">working WiFi in hotels for free</a> so today we must tell you about the hotels where the WiFi is definitely not free, possibly not working and perhaps is not even WiFi.<p>Yes, it's time for the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Worst%20WiFi%20Hotels%202008"><b>Worst WiFi Hotels of 2008. </b></a> Much like our Best WiFi Hotels list, the Worst rounds up the usual suspects who charge you for internet access as well as calls out a few other hotel brands that manage to fly under our radar in other years.<p>These hotels also make this list for other reasons beyond billing. Inconsistent WiFi policies across different properties and brands is irksome, meaning you will get HotelChatter 2008-05-06T15:21:47-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/12/103858/797 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3930/danubius_wifi.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>Earlier this week we popped into an Atlanta Bread Company outlet for a quick lunch in Nashville, TN. The staff greeting was warm, the food was tasty, and signs prominently pointed out a nice feature: free WiFi. <p>Three people were pecking away on their laptops and the one sitting closest to us was staying at the nearby <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Loews+Vanderbilt+Hotel/ian/122733"><b>Loews Vanderbilt Plaza</b></a>. "Here I buy a $7 lunch and check e-mail for free," the chatty business traveler noted. "If I log in at my hotel, where I'm already paying $230 a night to rent a room, they want me to cough up another $10 plus tax. It's insane." <p> <p>Which brings us to this pair of screenshots we Tim L. 2008-03-12T11:11:03-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/