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Wifi in USA hotels?
In Terry Pinnell
wrote: Re that excellent suggestion about a 3G microsim for my iPad, I've asked my son if it's possible to get me one in advance of my arrival. I'll need about 16 days worth. Not sure what that would cost, but presumably more than '$10ish'? In the US, the iPad is sold in two flavors: One with WiFi and one with WiFi+3G. Does the WiFi-only model actually have all the GSM phone circuitry installed and active, requiring only the insertion of the appropriate SIM card? Considering the difference in price, that seems unlikely. -- Bert Hyman St. Paul, MN |
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Wifi in USA hotels?
In message Bert Hyman
was claimed to have wrote: In Terry Pinnell wrote: Re that excellent suggestion about a 3G microsim for my iPad, I've asked my son if it's possible to get me one in advance of my arrival. I'll need about 16 days worth. Not sure what that would cost, but presumably more than '$10ish'? In the US, the iPad is sold in two flavors: One with WiFi and one with WiFi+3G. Does the WiFi-only model actually have all the GSM phone circuitry installed and active, requiring only the insertion of the appropriate SIM card? Considering the difference in price, that seems unlikely. No. Only the 3G model contains the 3G, EDGE and GPS radios, the wifi-only one does not. |
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Wifi in USA hotels?
On 2/5/2011 7:33 AM, Terry Pinnell wrote:
During my imminent holiday in California I want to be sure that I'll get my daily fix of wifi access from my iPad. Some of the hotels I've browsed explicitly refer to 'free wifi', which is fine (although I also need to be sure I can get it in my room, not just in a limited public area). But many just say 'High-speed Internet access'. Do I assume that is *not* wifi, but plug-in sockets for laptops/notebooks, or maybe even just a fixed PC or two? Are there any particular hotel chains that are noted for free wifi throughout the hotel? Pretty rare to find a hotel chain where Wi-Fi is not offered. Even many of the higher end brands, which used to charge for Wi-Fi, now provide it free if you join their free loyalty program. Quality and speed varies widely. There are some hotels that still have wired Ethernet, but usually that's in addition to wireless, not instead of it. |
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