Blogging From the Hilton March 8, 2006 by Michele Neylon 5 Comments The blogging seminar will be starting in just over an hour and people are already starting to arrive. The venue itself is very plush, though the cost of internet access for the day brings exorbitant to new levels Related Posts:The "Joys" of Acquiring Concert TicketsSome People ....I Sometimes Yearn For Simpler TimesDoing MovemberAnother Year of Fun ConcertsDodgy WordPress Developer Tactics
Ken McGuire says March 8, 2006 at 2:37 pm Enjoy the conference! You’re right about those wifi prices, I think hotel’s are generally taking the mick – you could get a months worth of a DSL connection at home or in the office in comparison to some places for the prices they’re charging!
Bernie Goldbach says March 8, 2006 at 3:24 pm Fact: it costs less to run your email on a Nokia 9500 over O2 GPRS than it does to pull your mail down on a laptop using the Hilton WiFi node.
Ken McGuire says March 9, 2006 at 1:49 pm Damn! Thats three months worth of a home subscription for cable bb! Is it gold plated broadband by any chance?
michele says March 9, 2006 at 1:54 pm Ken It’s very flaky DSL from what I could see with some rather “interesting” proxying
Enjoy the conference!
You’re right about those wifi prices, I think hotel’s are generally taking the mick – you could get a months worth of a DSL connection at home or in the office in comparison to some places for the prices they’re charging!
Fact: it costs less to run your email on a Nokia 9500 over O2 GPRS than it does to pull your mail down on a laptop using the Hilton WiFi node.
The wired broadband is €90 a day!!
Damn! Thats three months worth of a home subscription for cable bb! Is it gold plated broadband by any chance?
Ken
It’s very flaky DSL from what I could see with some rather “interesting” proxying