On 10/10/11 10:20 AM, Randy Carpenter wrote:
I would think that the contract with the hotel for the conference would include the specific requirements for the network. Is that not the case?
My experiences planning and operating ARIN meeting networks taught me that it is difficult if not impossible to get a hotel make any changes to in room based wireless or wired networking. Often times they have contracts with third parties and don't actually have any control over how the network operates or issues such as capacity. This can also include an inability to disable access points or otherwise limit the ability of the contracted service provider to provide access to rooms. In room access is always something that we looked at when judging potential venues but the poor state of most in room Internet access infrastructure and the realities of existing business relationships made this a nice to have rather than a hard requirement.