On 02/15/2012 01:39 PM, Gilbert Wilson wrote: > All: > > A client of mine is putting together a conference. They're a nonprofit that > does some really great work. To help participants promote the work of all > the organizations involved they want to provide Internet access to everyone > so they can tweet, email, etc during the conference proceedings. However, > the hotel wants $10,000 for a 1.5mb line. > > I half jokingly told them that they could get faster Internet if they setup > some soup cans and screamed AT commands into them. > > Anyone have tips on how to negotiate better Internet at a better price from a > hotel? >
3g ( or 4g depending on where you are based ) can be a real option, specially if the overall numbers are below 100, for tweeting and email etc. Grab half a dozen 3g routers, get your own Wifi network in place with a couple of AP's. on the flip side, many conf venues /hotels forbid you from doing just this -- Karanbir Singh +44-207-0999389 | http://www.karan.org/ | twitter.com/kbsingh ICQ: 2522219 | Yahoo IM: z00dax | Gtalk: z00dax GnuPG Key : http://www.karan.org/publickey.asc _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
