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| Thread ID: 131278 | 2013-05-01 00:39:00 | Shonky wifi in motels | stuffed (1469) | PC World Chat |
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| 1339154 | 2013-05-01 21:42:00 | Has anyone taken into account the single internet cable pipleline in/out of NZ?. Maybe it will be always be slow until a new cable is laid. You cant make a silk purse from a sows ear. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1339155 | 2013-05-02 02:35:00 | Has anyone taken into account the single internet cable pipleline in/out of NZ?. Maybe it will be always be slow until a new cable is laid. You cant make a silk purse from a sows ear. +1 to most of that, although I doubt that's the main factor in the motel equation. |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1339156 | 2013-05-02 05:18:00 | The internet has been a mixture. One place was given a 50MB allowance for our 2 days stay then the website Zenbu wanted our CC for more data, LOL. The other it was said just be conservative, no videos and it was free but at times it was difficult to connect to and very slow. This was to the mote's operator's own connection. YHA Hostels have been ok too maybe if it is behind a programme like YHA's which they outsource to a supplier, nationwide useable once you put in a deposit or Zenbu it was fine but not when they organise it themselves? For us basically, free internet is not that common in NZ even YHA a big brand network in NZ anyway, so internet is just a bonus for us. We just consider using 3G when we are on the road, unlike overseas when free internet is a given, althou if you went to a cheapish hotel/hostel it can be quite frustrating .... | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1339157 | 2013-05-02 07:51:00 | Has anyone taken into account the single internet cable pipleline in/out of NZ?. Maybe it will be always be slow until a new cable is laid. You cant make a silk purse from a sows ear. I nearly laid one this morning :groan::yuck: |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1339158 | 2013-05-02 20:12:00 | When I traveled to half a dozen towns in the south island in November last year, I was horrified by how bad it was. So many places offering "High speed internet" would charge around $10 for 50MB as their "High use" plan. In Hawaii, high speed internet came FREE with the hotel room, speeds better than a lot of home DSL connections in NZ :p No up-sell, no restrictions, no throttling, just free fast internet.... |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1339159 | 2013-05-02 22:06:00 | Well when I did my trip around Europe there was only a couple of places that offered free internet while staying there, everywhere else had to pay. And it wasn't cheap so not sure what everyone is talking about on here?? It was cheaper to go to a local internet cafe to use the internet rather than the one the hotel/motel/hostel/backpackers were providing. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1339160 | 2013-05-02 22:27:00 | There may be exceptions but many international hotels charge for internet. Tourist hotels, and hostels are generally free thou and a free ones like Asia Traders (aka little bro of Shangri-la). | Nomad (952) | ||
| 1339161 | 2013-05-02 22:35:00 | McCafe coffee is ok... but the other stuff that stews for hours is not much better than toilet water ;) Aaaah, but it is free with a Gold card. Ken ;) |
kenj (9738) | ||
| 1339162 | 2013-05-03 00:00:00 | A lot of motels have a single DSL connection for themselves and all the guests because they don't make enough money off it to get a dedicated connection. Hopefully they will all see the advantage in upgrading to 100mb fibre as soon as it is available to them. An on-site caching proxy would probably help too if you have a lot of guests using the internet. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 1339163 | 2013-05-03 00:58:00 | Nah they make a @#$% load... 5 customers a month for $10ea covers the WHOLE connection :-/ | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
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