Hotel Wifi (or any public wifi) = unprotected sex with a street whore.
I didn't get my first laptop until 2010, but ever since then I've had USB cellular modems and mobile hotspots. Given how hotels are usually clustered around interstate off ramps, and cell reception is for the most part pretty good on and around interstates. I've never had a problem whether it be Sprint 3G and 4G WiMax in 2011 at the Holiday Inn in Front Royal, VA or T-Mobile 5G at a Hampton Inn on the West Virginia/Kentucky border a couple of months ago. I'll bring my own internet access thank you very much. I'd be willing to trade a lifetime refusal of hotel wifi and continental breakfasts for as little as a $5/night savings. Both are completely useless to me. Don't really need the TV either, my last trip I didn't turn the TV on once. Give me a clean, stain free bed and a shower and that's all I need.
I didn't get my first laptop until 2010, but ever since then I've had USB cellular modems and mobile hotspots. Given how hotels are usually clustered around interstate off ramps, and cell reception is for the most part pretty good on and around interstates. I've never had a problem whether it be Sprint 3G and 4G WiMax in 2011 at the Holiday Inn in Front Royal, VA or T-Mobile 5G at a Hampton Inn on the West Virginia/Kentucky border a couple of months ago. I'll bring my own internet access thank you very much. I'd be willing to trade a lifetime refusal of hotel wifi and continental breakfasts for as little as a $5/night savings. Both are completely useless to me. Don't really need the TV either, my last trip I didn't turn the TV on once. Give me a clean, stain free bed and a shower and that's all I need.