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07-31-2009, 07:57 PM
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#1 | | The sound of inevitability
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So Im in Denver, Colorado for the week and honestly I couldn't live without internet even for a day. Anyway, I payed $5.19 for "Highspeed Internet" for the whole week. I have to say I am incredibly dissappointed with this shit . I can't stream any videos. Youtube, Hulu, nothing works. Everything just takes too long to stream. If I try to watch southpark or anything in general really just doesn't work because I'm streaming for 12 seconds, the video plays for 9 seconds and then repeat.
I actually checked to see how "fast" the internet really is and it's only slightly faster than a 56k. I can't watch shit 
For those that travel, have you guys experienced anything like this while staying at a hotel?
It sucks.
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07-31-2009, 08:13 PM
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What hotel is this? Lets spread the word through twitter to everyone else on the internet who the fuck sucks in denver
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07-31-2009, 08:21 PM
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#3 | | The sound of inevitability
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Originally Posted by The_AK What hotel is this? Lets spread the word through twitter to everyone else on the internet who the fuck sucks in denver | Crossland Hotels
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07-31-2009, 09:24 PM
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#4 | | I don't like cheese but I love milk!
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lol..shouldn't complain when you only pay $5 for a week.
last time i went to vegas, I paid something like $15US per day for internet.
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07-31-2009, 09:29 PM
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I always thought hotels come with free internet.
Guess thats wishful thinking.
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07-31-2009, 09:30 PM
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^Depends on the room you booked.
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07-31-2009, 10:50 PM
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#7 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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my job is pretty much to travel and stay at hotels. of course i get the internet free but it's the same internet normal customers get. Depends where you are staying. Fairmont, hilton, loews, hyatt, all the expensive hotels generally have good connectivity and 'high speed' and USUALLY dont bog down with more check ins in the hotel. Mostly because most of these high end hotels outsource their net service to telecom companies and have techies on it 24/7. If they do have a problem, they have a hot line for you to call the net provider for the hotel to source the problem. Red Roof Inn also out source to T-Mobile. Their service is pretty top notch and i find it sometimes even faster than the services the luxury hotel brands provide. Now, on the other hand, if you're staying at a Days Inn, Super 8, Motel 6, Best Western, etc. The "high speed" is pretty much your home internet with a wireless router shared by the whole hotel. It'll bog down and be slow as hell when more ppl start to check in and use it. So if u want high speed net, ur best bet is Red Roof Inn if ur gonna cheap out on ur hotel, or go stay at a fairmont.
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07-31-2009, 10:51 PM
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^ Comfort Inn in Auburn WA had free internets....
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07-31-2009, 11:17 PM
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#9 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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most of the low end hotels do. it's one of their amenities to attract customers. The luxury brands dont need to attract clients through free internet because the ppl that stay there arnt attracted to that.
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07-31-2009, 11:17 PM
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#10 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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I stayed in Osoyoos for a week earlier in the month. The internet was broken the whole time I was there, fixed the morning I left of course.
I had to park my truck down the street, sit in it and steal internet from some store without a secure network. I'm with you, I can't stand not having internet anymore.
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07-31-2009, 11:28 PM
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#11 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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I had the same thing when I was at the Plaza Suites in Santa Clara. Also, it kept on disconnecting every 5 seconds... Super frustrating.
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07-31-2009, 11:42 PM
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#12 | | I contribute to threads in the offtopic forum
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08-01-2009, 12:20 AM
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#13 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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The higher end hotels charge the third leg for intarwebs because the charges are going on some corporate expense account anyways.
(see also: phone service -- it's a problem when a hotel has to advertise "free local calls").
And yes, if the hotel has pay intarwebs (which I can't expense to my company's travel) or my wireless doesn't work with theirs (common problem with our software) I end up looking for an unsecured network. Dial up if I'm really really desperate.
Too bad people are becoming more aware of wireless security. It used to be so easy to pick up an unprotected network...
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08-01-2009, 12:53 AM
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#14 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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went to beijing last year...
2 ethernet ports at the light table, 1 at the desk...100mb/s constant!
of course you can go on wireless for free and there are USB ports for charging your phones or read your memory card on the LCD TV.
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08-01-2009, 08:13 AM
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#15 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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That's such a good price $5 a week!?!?!?
Although usually i check ahead to see if they have a wired internet connection and bring a wire and its usually free  | |
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08-01-2009, 10:55 AM
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#16 | | Rs has made me the woman i am today!
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Originally Posted by ilvtofu That's such a good price $5 a week!?!?!?
Although usually i check ahead to see if they have a wired internet connection and bring a wire and its usually free | true.
just buy one of those retractable cat5 cables.. or is it cat6/7 now? w.e
usually it's always free in the lobby..
even higher end hotels.
from experience, renaissance, hilton, sheraton. holiday inn & best western too =)
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08-01-2009, 11:23 AM
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I got it for free at Best Western and it was super fast.... I guess no one really used the internet provided since you needed to ask the front desk for the login passwords and stuff...
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08-01-2009, 11:42 AM
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#18 | | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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When I went to Brandon, MB for work, the hotels highspeed dsl internet would take about 5/6 refreshes until the page actually loaded. Half the time msn didn't even have enough connectivity for me to log in. I did a speed test and my download speeds were averaging around 1.8 kb/s
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08-01-2009, 08:13 PM
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#19 | | RS has made me the bitter person i am today!
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just imagine what would happen if something like an EMP occurred. Everyone would loose their internet, computers, cellphone, tv, etc..
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08-01-2009, 11:45 PM
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#20 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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The Radisson that I stayed at near Calgary airport sucked pretty bad. Barely get 100kb/s from it and this was a wired connection. No wireless there.
The Sheraton Four Points that I usually stay at in Denver South (in the DTC) sucks too. Another one of the no wireless hotels with a crap wired connection.
While I don't expect lightning fast speeds like I get at home, I would expect something somewhat decent so I can work efficiently.
Probably the best hotel Internet I got was at the Palms in Vegas. It's twice as fast as my Shawn Extreme + I connection that I use at home....however, it costs about $15/day.
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08-02-2009, 03:27 AM
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#21 | | Revscene.net has a homepage?!
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Was in toronto/montreal/ottawa for the last 2 weeks, absolute shit wireless coverage in the hotels, which resulted in me tethering on my cell phone w/ 6gb data plan
tethering speed > wireless speed
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08-02-2009, 07:37 AM
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#22 | | Resident Bullshitter
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Originally Posted by asian_XL went to beijing last year...
2 ethernet ports at the light table, 1 at the desk...100mb/s constant!
of course you can go on wireless for free and there are USB ports for charging your phones or read your memory card on the LCD TV. | yea, u forgot to mention half the internet is blocked off  | |
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08-02-2009, 07:51 AM
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#23 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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First thing I usually do on hotel internets is start snooping. First check the IP and gateway, then try to browse the gateway.... you'd be amazed how many are running standard residential routers with all the default passwords. From there, check the DHCP table to see who else is connected, then into Network Neighborhood, to see if anyone else in the place is running unsecured laptops.
Then if the service really stinks, you can mess up the router settings and set a massive password on it.
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08-02-2009, 11:25 AM
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#24 | | Need to Seek Professional Help
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport yea, u forgot to mention half the internet is blocked off | Must be the half with all the pics of "your" toys.
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08-02-2009, 11:30 AM
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