[nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

Thu Jul 14 23:16:05 UTC 2011

Verizon did quite well.
----- 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 3:24 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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