[nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

[David Andrews]

You are right that a charge in better hotels, for Internet access, is 
pretty standard.  I even had to pay about $13 a day in Beijing China!

It was free in Bemidji Minnesota though.

Dave

At 08:03 PM 7/13/2011, you 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.
> >