With so many of us using technology and the Internet these days, if we use a high speed internet connection in our hotel room, it's often a case of sharing it with our fellow traveller (daughter - spouse - friend - etc) which makes things take twice as long. There are even a few hotels who insist that each computer in the room pays a separate daily access fee! Sometimes, too, we're not happy to be tethered to the desk.
Linksys has now come out with a Wireless-G Travel Router. It's small, portable, and costs about $80. Plug your room's ethernet cable into the router and you can share the one (paid or included) connection with everyone in the room, wherever they're perched. I'm off to buy one.
Hi Sharon,
I had that trouble recently in a hotel but I also have a blackberry which does not require any connections...just a signal..obviuosly it is a bit smaller but it is free...well I pay 20 a month for it but that is about it.
Sharon - What a great idea!!! That makes life much easier! I know I use a router at home so we can plug in two laptops at the same time!!!
So where are you off to??? Teaching??? Selling???? Or just enjoying a vacation???
Great tip Sharon. It's much easier to work from a laptop, perched on the couch, then sitting at a hotel room table. Great idea.