Kimpton Hotels Are Getting Stricter with Their 'Free' WiFi

Where: 25 Edwin H. Land Boulevard [map], Cambridge, MA, United States, 02141

11/20/2006 at 2:24 PM
Tags: Kimpton Hotels, WiFi Hell

We knew that the sudden pay-for-WiFi policy at the 70 Park Ave Kimpton Hotel in Manhattan was the start of more troublesome things to come for our #1 Best Hotel WiFi pick.

Take for instance the new WiFi rules at the Hotel Marlowe. Whereas once upon a time, you could just check an agreement to terms of service box and then surf the web, now you must input your room number and name.

The internet is still free for guests but if you want to VPN it is $4.95 a day. And if you are a a non-guest you need to pay $7.95 for Web and $11.95 for VPN.

Boo. Maybe Kimpton got sick of people hanging around their lobbies for free WiFi--certainly we would not do such a thing, heh--or else, they're just getting greedy like the Four Seasons in Palm Beach.

We have a strong feeling that suddenly Starwood Properties, who were once notorious for abysmal WiFi offerings, will surpass Kimpton in a very short while.

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