Several hotels I've had the pleasure of staying in often will offer a free wired port, but charge for wifi. Which makes absolutely no sense. I have the older version of this D-Link portable router <http://us.dlink.com/products/connect/wi-fi-ac750-portable-router-and-charger-3/> that has been a fixture of my backpack for a while, easily thwarts the wifi paywall, and you can set up bridge mode if there's a webauth captive portal. As Philippe said, make it reasonable or I do it myself...
Britton Anderson <[email protected]> | Senior Network Communications Specialist | University of Alaska <http://www.alaska.edu/oit> | 907.450.8250 On Fri, Oct 3, 2014 at 11:21 AM, Philippe Hanset <[email protected]> wrote: > Everything would be so much simpler if locations would provide Wi-Fi for > free or at a reasonable price. > When a technology is used by everyone (e.g. Electricity) like Wi-Fi, just > include it in the cost of doing business. > Stop charging users for Wi-Fi, especially when the room is already at > $200+/night. People will bring their own Mi-Fi or smartphone-hotspot, > and bypass the silly cost model! > > At Educause this week the Vendor-floor was plagued with hundreds of Mi-Fi > and private Wi-Fi. > The event was charging upward of $150/day for Wi-Fi to exhibitors. So, > many of them had their own solutions! > > Humans are resourceful...and if you piss them off they will read the law > and call the FCC (or they pirate your network ;-) > > Philippe > > Philippe Hanset > www.eduroam.us > > > > On Oct 3, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Lee H Badman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What do you all think of this? > > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/after-blocking-personal-hotspot-at-hotel-marriott-to-pay-fcc-600000/ > > - Lee Badman > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
