[nfb-talk] Internet charges at hotels

Loren Wakefield isaiah5719 at mchsi.com
Thu Jul 14 17:37:27 UTC 2011


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
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>>>>>> INC www.fdcp.org Chair Orange County Disability Advisory Committee
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