On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:39 AM, Gilbert Wilson <[email protected]> wrote: > All: > > A client of mine is putting together a conference.... However, the hotel > wants $10,000 for a 1.5mb line. ... > > Anyone have tips on how to negotiate better Internet at a better price from a > hotel?
I know it's too late now, but the best way to get good pricing from a hotel for connectivity is to do it during the negotiation phase. Connectivity pricing is a lot more flexible before the contract is signed. Discussing connectivity durning the contract phase will also reveal whether the hotel can meet the event's connectivity needs in general. For some events, poor connectivity or pricing can be a deal breaker. Given you are where you are, try to get the sales staff to let you talk with the IT staff if the hotel has any, or the rep from the company they contract with if not. Sometimes Sales doesn't really know what is being requested and a little education can help bring the pricing down. Sales typically has a rate sheet for internet access and quotes from that. The rate sheet might say "Dedicated T1", which would require them to bring in a dedicated line for the event, where the event might be fine with sharing bandwidth with the guest room connection. Good Luck! Tony _______________________________________________ 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/
