Just one little problem
Aug 20, 2008 | Filed under Misc., Rants
The search for an excellent hotel room is a hard one for the weary road-warrior. I thought I had found one, too. Clean, modern, well decorated. None of that cheesy grandma furniture. 32″ LCD HDTV…although everything is stretch-o-vision, I can tolerate that…for one night, anyway. Large work desk, comfy chair…twenty foot ceiling for crying out loud! Stone tile in the bathroom…marble counter-top…king size pillow-top bed. Most importantly, it’s within my company-mandated budget!
There’s just one teeny, tiny problem.
An internet connection that feels like dial-up. It’s painful. I can’t even watch this week’s Zero Punctuation. My phone’s EDGE connection is faster than this, and I’d be using it right now if 1) I was in an EDGE service area, and 2) I had remembered to bring a USB cable, or at least my phone’s wall charger. Makes me wonder…if given a choice of where to stay for one night, would it be the gorgeous decked-out three star hotel (seriously…company budget, people) with a rickety telegraph machine for an internet connection; or a musty, worn-out husk of a burnout motel with a 20mbps fiber line? It’s a tough question, isn’t it?
August 20th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
According to the front desk, it always runs a “little slow” when it’s rainy outside. Makes sense…seems like internet service dependant on carrier pidgeons would suffer during bad weather.