Priorities
I made my hotel reservations for this Tucson trip on cheaprooms.com, after vetting out several locations to ensure that high-speed internet was available. It’s “the season” here in the desert, so nothing’s REAL cheap, but this was pretty reasonably priced, and I like to present the impression of frugality to my clients. So I check in, unpack my laptop and…no wireless signal available. Turns out they have a wireless router in the lobby. So I’m stuck with dialup, which is useable, even at 24k, but not what I expected. Every now and then it helps to be reminded that coach class and dialup internet are survivable, maybe even sufficient, and serve to build character.
But, tell me how a hotel that can’t get broadband cabled to your room gets the bright idea that you need a phoneset hanging on the wall next to the toilet?
