from Om Malik:
For so many of us on the road, we can be seriously
screwed by a lack of connectivity on the job site or at the hotel.
Often a bad connection on the gig makes that day at the hotel even more
crucial. With more of us using Skype, uploading files to our own
servers, any restrictions from the hotel can really be a drag. It
doesn't help that the hotel charges you the equivalent of $330 a month
or more; if your ISP charged you this much and then downgraded
your connection when they didn't like the traffic they were
seeing, you'd probably scream bloody murder. Why do I bring this up?
Here's a report that Starwood Hotels monitors your net traffic.
Yup, Lodgenet,
those cool guys who do the pay movies and play that jingle that will
melt your brain, have installed a governor on your connection which
will dump you down to 56k... read away.
Oh, and watch your credit card bills if you connect for pay on wireless... companies like Mobilkom
in Austria have no problem charging you the higher European day rates
($25- $35 USD) and if you have a hard time connecting, will bill you 2
or 3 times for the same day... these things really make you want to
piggyback on open networks (but be careful, there are those who set up
phony wifi points to steal your personal info!!!)
10:36:50 AM 
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