Hotel Broadband Experience

Hotel Monty – Brussels, Belgium Stayed there May 14-15 Broadband experience: network was very slow Free Grade C

Hotel Marceau Bastille – Paris, France Stayed there April 28-30, 2007 Broadband experience B+ Free Video worked well Posted by Esme Vos

Knowing your broadband speed is very helpful too, as well as the ability to use VoIP. I tend to use two speed tests, as I believe that using the same reference test sites makes it easier to determine just what kind of experience you will have: Cox Speed Test can be found at http://test.lvcm.com/ Visualware’s … Read more

When I travel I always pack either my Linksys or Asus travel router. The Linksys is a tad easier, but the Asus offers more options (with added Ethernet ports-four compared to the one on the Linksys). Having one of these makes it possible to SHARE your connection with a traveling companion, in my case, my … Read more

Hilton Garden Inn-San Mateo, CA Stayed there two nights week of May 14th Price-Free VPN Available VoIP Quality-Good Overall Grade B+   Andy Abramson

Hotel Palomar-San Francisco, CA Stayed there week of May 14th for 2 nights. Broadband experience B+ VoIP Worked and quality was good Video Worked but not perfect Andy Abramson

Over the past five months, since December, I have been the nomad, working in and out of hotels in Europe and North America. My broadband experiences have gone from good to exceptional, but yet along the way I’ve seen things like port blocking, needed to call support to get a private IP address (Hilton Garden … Read more