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Comment on Nexus interview is finally approaching by G

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 22:59:32 +0000

Nobody cares. Write something useful or stop posting.

Comment on Voip on the iPhone by Rachel Shera

Rachel Shera — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:33:14 +0000

i need a suggestion, Which is the best voip app for iphone in term of quality and pricing? currently using skype, viber and friendcaller

Comment on MilePoint for free on Gogo by On an airplane? Read my blog for free! - Getting Status

On an airplane? Read my blog for free! - Getting Status — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 06:06:54 +0000

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Comment on Slow hotel WIFI by Jonah Horowitz

Jonah Horowitz — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 06:36:11 +0000

This is basically a widespread problem with most of the hotels I’ve stayed at in the past year. I think they just weren’t prepared to deal with all the netflix streaming that people are doing (of course if the hotel TV systems didn’t suck so much, that might help).

I think it’s pretty pathetic to pay $15/day for internet and get worse than dialup speeds.

This is from the Westin in Costa Mesa, CA:
http://speedtest.net/result/1883466910.png

I’d never thought of speedtesting my hotel internet, but wow.

Comment on Slow hotel WIFI by Ray patel

Ray patel — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:43:27 +0000

I work at Hampton and I can say that it is very possible to get the slow speed. Most hampton hotel are upgrading to higher speed but there are still area of improvement in some hotel as previous requirement by brand was just 1.5 megs. I am not sure why since we had same issue at the hotel I work and I was told that AT&T failed to anticipate how much bandwidth would people use. More than 90 percent of Hilton properties HISA is managed by AT&T to give consistent service and tech support. I believe AT&T failed to properly guide the brand on bandwidth requirement.

Comment on Slow hotel WIFI by PatB

PatB — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:41:45 +0000

After spending 30 minutes with agonizingly slow connection speeds, I contacted the help-desk of the service provider (not the hotel front desk — I contacted the company actually providing service.) They checked on the network activity at the hotel I was at, and found a few rooms that were streaming video downloads (I assume movies), and several other rooms that were playing online role-playing games that were sucking up all the bandwidth.
These were in violation of the service terms, so she was able to throttle back their bandwidth consumption, and within a minute or so, my connection was in the 10MBS range.
If you are stuck in a situation like this, it might be worth a try..

Comment on Slow hotel WIFI by Steve Kalman

Steve Kalman — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:29:33 +0000

From time to time I find a hotel that promises better bandwidth for a fee. I generally try the free one first and then run speedtest, pay for the upgrade and run it again.

Occasionally, the paid is lower. Rarely is it higher. A call to the desk to complain takes it off the bill.

At any rate, I’d like to see paid tracked also, when you find it.

Comment on Slow hotel WIFI by Stephen H Greene

Stephen H Greene — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:57:26 +0000

I stay in Hotels every week, mostly the Hilton chain. I often make the same test you do. At a Hampton Inn in California last night, I could received a free att wifi as well as the Hampton. The 3g signal was three to 4 times faster than either of the wifis. around 2Mbps. Traveling in Europe, I find the wifi there to be much faster than the states. The fastest I ever received in the states was on a single occasion at the Beverly Hilton and got a download speed of 21 Mbps. On other occasions at the same hotel it never matched that again.

Comment on A human actually reads compliments to Delta by Elly Sullivan

Elly Sullivan — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:50:40 +0000

Hello, Delta Airlines;
Please forward my sincere compliments to the following Delta representatives who were exceptionally knowledgable, patient and helpful with my requests yesterday. Gail, Vinnie, Roberta and especially Zoritza really deserve special thanks for their efforts.
Best regards,
Elly

Comment on Voip on the iPhone by LX

LX — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:31:24 +0000

Hi Grace,

I’m using an app called Rebtel for my VOIP/international calling needs, and found it quite brilliant. I wrote post about it just now, and perhaps this is useful to you as well!

http://tumblr.leixusam.com/post/19944408427/rebtel-may-be-the-perfect-tool-for-calling