[nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

Jessica jessmonsilva2003 at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 15 17:07:11 UTC 2011 

I only had trouble with my AT&T phone at some rooms in the Rosen center.

Sent from my iPhone

On Jul 15, 2011, at 7:33 AM, "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com> wrote:

> 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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