On 2/11/13, Graham Donaldson <graham@airstripone.org.uk> wrote:
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 07:55:59PM -0800, Constantine A. Murenin wrote: I personally think you're being unreasonable on the bandwidth and latency expectations, Hotel Internet connections are there as a convenience rather than some kind of business grade connection.
Hey, the name business grade connection is prejudiced, as if to imply, that only businesses get it. I think the expectation from a visitor, is only, that their internet experience will be comparable to their home cable/dsl internet. If it's not... that's fine, but they should provide disclosure of that, whenever mentioning the feature, before a reservation could be made. Of course there can be no worldwide standard, but there should be a standard, based on what is normal in the country. If the advertising tells you, that the room has electric lights, air conditioning, and cable tv; you don't want to see a room that just has a 9 volt battery, a little LED lamp, as your light source -- a portable battery powered fan. And a single shared television in the lobby, plugged into a cable provider that charges a per-minute fee to visitors wishing to see anything other than channel 3.
Graham. -- -JH