[nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

Steve Jacobson steve.jacobson at visi.com
Fri Jul 15 14:33:33 UTC 2011


Sprint worked all right for me, but I had heard that some had trouble in the main meeting room with T-Mobile.

Best regards,

Steve Jacobson

On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:51:26 -0700, Mike Freeman wrote:

>AT&T.

>On Jul 14, 2011, at 12:24, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>> 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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