There was an earlier post saying that the debate on this subject would last
5 minutes. Here's someone with something of a contrarian view. I won't
comment, will leave that to the group :)

-Ken
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Hotels: Slip Sliding Away-- from 802.11 Planet
www.80211-planet.com/columns/article/0,4000,1781_1473511,00.html

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When Wyndham International announced recently that it was partnering with
Sprint to provide high-speed Internet services in 35 Wyndham hotel and
resort properties, it was no big surprise to hear that the initiative
involved 802.11b wireless access.

What might have come as a tiny shock, if it was even noted, is that, Sprint
will be installing wired Ethernet, not wireless, access to guest rooms in
the Wyndham hotels. Wi-Fi will only be used for common areas and meeting
rooms -- and in the latter, wired connections will also be used in many
cases.

That's not all. Wyndham senior vice president and chief technology officer
Mark Hedley believes that within three to five years, high-speed wireless
Internet access in hotels will be provided not over local 802.11 networks
but via nationwide 3G networks.
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