Slowest "High Speed" Connection of All Time
I have a couple of hours down time here at the hotel and was hoping to catch up on a little blogging. Unfortunately, while the hotel has wireless Internet, it turns out to be the slowest connection of all time. I finally switched to dial up and got a substantial speed improvement. At my computer, I actually get a pretty strong wireless signal with a "11.5 MBPS" speed, so I presume there is another bottleneck further up the line. My guess is that they are using a wireless repeater system and one of the jumps has a bad connection. Actually, I am surprised this does not happen more often. Today I am at the Red Lion in Redding, CA, which I will certainly avoid in the future. I usually go with Hampton Inn, because I have always been happy with their high-speed service and Internet connectivity is more important to me than how nice a bed I get.
