{"id":99,"date":"2008-02-08T08:58:13","date_gmt":"2008-02-08T13:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punyamishra.com\/2008\/02\/08\/hotels-the-internet\/"},"modified":"2008-02-14T16:47:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-14T21:47:25","slug":"hotels-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punyamishra.com\/2008\/02\/08\/hotels-the-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Hotels & the internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while ago David Pogue<\/a>, NYTimes tech columnist and reviewer, asked a his readers a series of questions that he hadn’t been able to find an answer for. This list, called Pogue’s Imponderables<\/a>, generated a lot of comments<\/a> from readers. One of his questions was “Why is Wi-Fi free at cheap hotels, but $14 a night at expensive ones?” <\/p>\n

I have had some opportunity to ponder this question during my stay at the Hilton Riverside<\/a> at New Orleans. Actually the question here is a bit more imponderable – because they don’t even offer Wi-Fi here. The rooms have the good old ethernet, plug it to your laptop, connection. Which means I can’t just move around in the room and sit where I like (usually under the covers), but rather am tethered to the table, if I want to get any work done. And I am paying $9.95 for that!! <\/p>\n

And don’t even get me started about finding a wall socket to plug my cell phone charger or laptop. There are none that are available, after the telephone and all the lamps are connected. I had to unplug a couple of things just to hook up, what I think are, at least today, standard items all travelers carry around with them. I had the same problem, this morning in finding a socket for the coffee-maker as well – which I ended up having to place on the floor, at the other end of the room, the furthest distance from any source of water, because that was the only place I found I could plug in!<\/p>\n

Ah, the mysteries of life and technology. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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