Comments on: Scalzi was right http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Haddy-la http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-72925 Haddy-la Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:40:21 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2615#comment-72925 my entry for the contest is 243 words do i need to make it smaller or will mine still be read if i turn it in like that my entry for the contest is 243 words do i need to make it smaller or will mine still be read if i turn it in like that

]]> By: joann http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-72922 joann Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:33:08 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2615#comment-72922 Further, high-end hotels made such a large-scale investment in business centers (where you go to find the computers, the fax, the copier) that they probably felt blindsided by the whole wifi thing, and that they haven't exactly gotten their investment back. Further, high-end hotels made such a large-scale investment in business centers (where you go to find the computers, the fax, the copier) that they probably felt blindsided by the whole wifi thing, and that they haven’t exactly gotten their investment back.

]]> By: Steve Buchheit http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-72921 Steve Buchheit Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:46:16 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2615#comment-72921 Oh yes. Even high-end hotels that have "free wifi" in the lobby, that wifi usually sucks, or requires reauthorization every few hours. Oh yes. Even high-end hotels that have “free wifi” in the lobby, that wifi usually sucks, or requires reauthorization every few hours.

]]> By: Angela http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-72919 Angela Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:58:01 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2615#comment-72919 Yes I've had the same exact experience....get stuck at a motel with three locks on the door and someone sleeping under your window and you will have free internet. When your company finally finds you a hotel room (What? Your plane landed? We thought you were coming next week) and get bumped to a VP suite for your trouble, you might get fruit, you will have $10 bottles of .5 litres of wine...but internet? It's like they never heard of it (or they have some crap you have to try to type through the TV) Well...at least you have internet with ur cell phone! Yes I’ve had the same exact experience….get stuck at a motel with three locks on the door and someone sleeping under your window and you will have free internet.
When your company finally finds you a hotel room (What? Your plane landed? We thought you were coming next week) and get bumped to a VP suite for your trouble, you might get fruit, you will have $10 bottles of .5 litres of wine…but internet? It’s like they never heard of it (or they have some crap you have to try to type through the TV)

Well…at least you have internet with ur cell phone!

]]> By: the dragonfly http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-72918 the dragonfly Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:36:55 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2615#comment-72918 Go figure. Go figure.

]]> By: cathy http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2008/10/08/scalzi-was-right/comment-page-1/#comment-72917 cathy Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:45:59 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/?p=2615#comment-72917 My understanding is that higher end hotels assume they are catering to business travelers on expense accounts, and since everything gets paid for by their companies, putting as many charges on as possible to squeeze as much profit from the guests as possible works as a business model. People on expense accounts don't think about the costs as much, and big business is conscious of its image and therefore doesn't put its employees up at Motel 6. On the other hand, a personal traveler is looking to get as much bang for her buck as possible. Free wifi is the new free cable (which I recall most motels advertising when I was a kid). My understanding is that higher end hotels assume they are catering to business travelers on expense accounts, and since everything gets paid for by their companies, putting as many charges on as possible to squeeze as much profit from the guests as possible works as a business model. People on expense accounts don’t think about the costs as much, and big business is conscious of its image and therefore doesn’t put its employees up at Motel 6. On the other hand, a personal traveler is looking to get as much bang for her buck as possible. Free wifi is the new free cable (which I recall most motels advertising when I was a kid).

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