My annual Boingo recommendation!

[mhaithaca]

I discovered a couple of years ago that, for a single $10 monthly subscription fee that could be turned off at any time, Boingo Wireless would get me online in the hotels and airports I was going to be in for Dragon*Con, where I'd otherwise have to pay separately.

Boingo works in the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and the Hyatt Regency Atlanta, as well

Comments

[madzilla]

I've applied for this for the first time this year - coming from the UK, I can't use data on my phone and the Marriott's wifi charge is extortionate, so hopefully this will work for checking emails/Twitter etc occasionally. :)

[jane_says]

How well does the wi-fi work in the hotel rooms at the Marriott? And if so how is the upload rate?

[mhaithaca]

I've found it works fine, and is good enough for uploading my photos. During busy times, it gets bogged down, like any hotel Wi-Fi service. That's true whether you're paying the Marriott $13/night or Boingo $10/month, though, so again, it's not a tough choice.

[mhaithaca]

You know, it's kinda pissing me off, but the Marriott upload speed is way faster than I get from my Road Runner service at home. It's uploading pictures to Flickr more than twice as fast.

[tenshihitomi]

Is it weird I was disappointed that this post is not, in fact, about Oingo Boingo?

[tardisjournal]

I had a similar thought. Alas.

[tenshihitomi]

Even though I know it will never happen, my dream is to have Oingo Boingo play a reunion show at con.

[tardisjournal]

THIS!!! I would so be there.

[legal_padawan]

This worked awesome for us last year at the Hyatt Regency. 4 laptops over 2 rooma, with one account. We're going to give it a swing this year with the iPads and Nooks.

[soliscjw]

I used it last year at the Hyatt and it worked really well

[alladinsane]

same here...had some slow times, but that would have been true going thru either thru Boingo or the Hyatt