Any way to get free internet access in conference rooms at big hotels? $$$$$$?

Question

I was at Pechanga recently and got free internet access as a guest in my room, but as soon as I was in the ballroom they wanted $175.00 to let me use the same internet connection! I told them they were crazy and they said because technically it was a conference room. We were at a freakin Christmas party... I think their high! Does anyone know anyway around this for future reference? I am not forking over $175.00 for anyone just to log onto the internet for a couple minutes.

Of course I tried that. In the ballroom when I opened my laptop, their own homepage usurped mine and it demanded a username and password. If you ask me they shouldn't be alowed to stop me from using my own internet service that I pay for already... I's not like everyone in the room wanted to log on for business reasons. I was 1 person, that's it.

Answer 1

they usually put a block on it; however some hotels just tell people to pay because they will. Try to get online and see if it works! Sometimes you can catch it in the hallway...

Answer 2

Hotels usually use wireless routers, for use with laptops, and you can acess the internets wirelessly with a laptop via the router from anywhere up to about 150 feet or so

Answer 3

it frequently ability they have wifi get properly of entry to (or a community cable in each and each room). they could have one pc someplace contained in the foyer so you might use to envision your digital mail to boot. once you've a computing device you should take it with. once you get there enquire about the get properly of entry to. they'll provide you a card that has a password on it. You bypass into your room and set up your computing device. it is going to %. up the wifi signal and connect. once you open your internet Browser it is going to ask for that password on the cardboard. have exciting!

Answer 4

That seems like splitting hairs and very unreasonable.