[nfb-talk] Cell Service at Convention

Thu Jul 14 19:30:51 UTC 2011

Hello Bryan and everyone,

    No problems with Sprint.

Peter Donahue

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

hi,

from the people who were in Orlando, can we know what cell companies worked
well?

Bryan Schulz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Loren Wakefield" <isaiah5719 at mchsi.com>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

>I have stayed in a lot of very nice hotels in larger cities and paid
>nothing for internet.  Maybe I've just been blessed.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
> To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels
>
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> What I found to be different at this hotel was the lack of free internet
>> even in the lobby which I have found to be pretty standard even in hotels
>> that charge.
>> It has always struck be as ironic that one is going to most likely get
>> free wireless in the cheaper hotels.  However, this makes some sense in a
>> way since the
>> guests that usually stay in hotels like our convention hotels are paying
>> much higher rates than we pay and the internet costs are for them
>> necessary and far
>> less significant.  If you are paying $200 a day for your room, you're not
>> going to worry that much about $12 for internet.  It is less than the tax
>> on your room in
>> many cases.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Steve Jacobson
>>
>> On Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:03:46 -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>>
>>>Not that I disagree that this is a chunk of change when one  considers a
>>>week long stay, but I have to note that this is a standard rate for
>>>internet
>>>at major hotels.  I travel a lot for work and fun and have paid this
>>>often.
>>>I was at the Hyatt in Phoenix a few months ago where the charge was $12 a
>>>day, plus tax!  Scandalous, but true.
>>
>>>I have also stayed at hotels where the internet was gratis -- the
>>>Doubletree
>>>in Nashville, for example, where I stayed for a week for work last month.
>>
>>>Brian Miller
>>
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>Behalf Of Loren Wakefield
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 3:09 PM
>>>To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>>That amount is something like the mob would charge.  There is absolutely
>>>no
>>>reason to charge that much except that they think they can.
>>
>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>>From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
>>>To: "'NFB Talk Mailing List'" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 12:09 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>
>>
>>>> 9.95 a day.
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>> On
>>>> Behalf Of d m gina
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 8:44 PM
>>>> To: nfb-talk at nfbnet.org
>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>>
>>>> yes it is nice to check email though when you would wish.
>>>> What was the cost to use their system?
>>>> Five dollars?
>>>> Would that be a day?
>>>> Jim likes to check things out like that.
>>>> Me, I would rather use my new system with Verizon.
>>>> I have worked hard to do email by the phone, and even if I say so
>>>> myself,
>>>> I
>>>> plum don't do that bad.
>>>> My lists laugh at me if they get a blank message.
>>>> I even hit the wrong keys on this computer trying to do something else.
>>>> Keeps me thinking.
>>>>
>>>> Original message:
>>>>> Of course, the question is *why?* After all, one presumably goes to
>>>>> conventions to attend meetings, not dabble on the Internet. <<putting
>>>>> on fire-resistant suit>>
>>>>
>>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
>>>>> On Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:35 PM
>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>>
>>>>> More frustrating was that there was no wifi at any price anywhere in
>>>>> the area of the meeting rooms.  Were I to make one request of the
>>>>> national office when we return, it would be to obtain internet access
>>>>> for the meeting rooms and set up a few wifi routers at selected
>>>>> locations for basic access.
>>>>
>>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 04:01:59PM -0400, Marsha Drenth wrote:
>>>>>> Just my two cents on this convention. The hotel was nice, very clean,
>>>>>> nice rooms, and the staff was great. It was huge, people thought we
>>>>>> walked a lot in Dallas, folks that is NOTHING! The food in the hotel
>>>>>> was very very expensive, way way more than any of the restaurants in
>>>>>> Dallas. It did help greatly to have the Publics across the street. If
>>>>>> and when I go back, I
>>>>> must
>>>>>> remember to take good walking shoes. In regards to the WiFi, yes it
>>>>>> totally sucked there was no free access any where in the hotel. And
>>>>>> yet again I am too cheap to buy it. As far as the cell coverage, I
>>>>>> have Verizon and had converage every where in the hotel and rooms. So
>>>>>> I think that really
>>>>> depends
>>>>>> on your carrier.
>>>>
>>>>>> Marsha
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of T. Joseph Carter
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2011 12:43 AM
>>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>>
>>>>>> Yes, Mr. Rosen was REALLY impressed with the NFB, and Dr. Maurer was
>>>>>> really impressed with the facility.  Hopefully the two of them can
>>>>>> work something out to reduce the nickel-and-dime effects somewhat.  I
>>>>>> certainly have no objection to the hotel making money-but the
>>>>>> incidental fees are both too high and too frequent to be comfortable.
>>>>>> There isn't even lobby wifi access without a fee, and the hotel is
>>>>>> full of cellular dead zones.
>>>>
>>>>>> Joseph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Jul 09, 2011 at 11:43:17PM -0400, Brian Miller wrote:
>>>>>>> Did they say if it was to be at the same hotel all those years?
>>>>
>>>>>>> Brian M
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> [mailto:nfb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Sherri
>>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:00 PM
>>>>>>> To: NFB Talk Mailing List; blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>>>>>>> Subject: [nfb-talk] Convention in Orlando for 5 years
>>>>
>>>>>>> It was announced at the convention that conventions from 2013
>>>>>>> through 2017 will be held in Orlando. I wish we could extend the
>>>>>>> length of the
>>>>>> convention
>>>>>>> back to how it was and NFB would organize tours for Wednesday
>>>>>>> afternoon.
>>>>>>> That way, people could get excited about Orlando and have time to go
>>>>>> places.
>>>>>>> I liked the old schedule much better. If we are going to keep people
>>>>>>> here for five years in a row, we need to give them ample opportunity
>>>>>>> to take advantage of all there is to do in Orlando. Besides, I like
>>>>>>> the banquet
>>>>> the
>>>>>>> night before the last day of convention.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>> Sherri Brun
>>>>>>> "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans."
>>>>>>> John Lennon
>>>>
>>>>>>> Check out http://www.raceforindependence.org/goto/Sherri.Brun
>>>>
>>>>>>> E-mail: flmom2006 at gmail.com
>>>>>>> NFBF NewslineR chair
>>>>>>> www.nfbnewsline.org
>>>>>>> Vice-president NFB Greater Orlando Chapter http://nfbfgoc.org
>>>>>>> Secretary
>>>>>> FDCP
>>>>>>> INC www.fdcp.org Chair Orange County Disability Advisory Committee
>>>>
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