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Hotel WiFi Hit and Miss in London

Where: 81 Great Eastern Street, London, United Kingdom, EC21 3HU

We thought finding free wireless in a hotel in London was just impossible but thanks to the Newswireless site we learn that the cheap spot Hoxton Hotel has free wireless internet access, at least in the lobby. We also learn of one hotel to avoid if we find ourselves in London and in desperate need of internet.

Apparently, Guy J. Kewney was a big fan of One Aldwych which had free wireless but then the hotel started getting a crazy log-in procedure, including watching an ad before you start surfing the web.

Here's the story in his own words:

It's not just the arm-and-leg price of the WiFi that's got under my skin, and it's not the ridiculous ambiguous Liberty login system, either though, I'll admit, having to work out if the code is a zero or a letter 'O' is vexing... no, it's the fact that the first thing that you get when you've logged in is a movie download.

Yes, the wretched thing makes you pay to read their advertising! And it turns your PC speaker on, and plays loudly; and when it gets to the end of the tune, it stops, and re-loads the movie and the music and STARTS AGAIN!

Yes, I could turn it off. I'm not going to. I'm going to sit here with the music blaring until the staff ask me to turn it off, and then I'm going to SHOUT AT THEM!

By contrast, I found the Hoxton Hotel both more convenient for the City (financial district) and rather more comfortable, and the WiFi was genuinely free.

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