"Philip" <> wrote in message
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> Squirrel wrote:
>> On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 00:29:56 +1300, Mackin_NZ
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Squirrel wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Out of town on business soon, will be taking lap top and needles to
>>>>say want to access the Net, friend informs me that most trendy motely
>>>>supply BB and you just have to borrow a cable from them. Anyone heard
>>>>of this? I was assuming I owuld have to use dial up and balked at
>>>>having to pay $2.50 an hour for the privelige after paying so much for
>>>>BB at home, Telescum for you I guess.
>>>>
>>>>Squirrel
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion - Margaret Mead
>>>
>>>I travel routinely for work all over the country. An increasing number
>>>of
>>>motels are supplying broadband, some even have WiFi (but usually only in
>>>reception). I suggest you take your own cable etc. If the motel only has
>>>dial-up make sure you have a BT-RJ11 adaptor. Nothings more frustrating
>>>than not being able to connect because your modem cable has a BT socket
>>>but
>>>the motel/hotel has a RJ11 plug. The motels seldom have cables/adaptors
>>>they can loan you and most have no clue about anything even vaguely
>>>technical.
>>>If you stay at a newer motel there is the possibility that it will have
>>>in-room broadband. for example I stayed recently at the very new Lodge
>>>Bordeaux in Whangarei, http://www.lodgebordeaux.co.nz/ and they had free
>>>in-room broadband, not sure of the speed but I'm guessing 256k or
>>>thereabouts. There's also Puriri Park in Tauranga,
>>>http://www.puriripark.co.nz/ that has in-room broadband.
>>>
>>>It really depends where you are going. And yes, you usually will have to
>>>pay, all calls including internet connections will be added to your bill.
>>>Mackin.
>>
>>
>> I thought it would be charged (dial up) to my telecom account?
>>
> The motel will charge you whatever it likes for the dial-up onnection to
> the "free" 0867 number used by your ISP. This will range betwen nothing up
> to a wholly unjustifiable per-minute charge. You'll need to ask what their
> policy is at the desk. My experience in and out of Auckland has been that
> I've never paid more than 20 cents a time, and very often they just say
> "forget it".
>
> Calls you make from the motel are nothing to do with your Telecom account,
> and the only way that could be involved would be if you were to use a
> Telecom calling card to bill your home number for calls you make
> elsewhere.
>
> I wouldn't recommend that.
>
> Philip
Squirrel
You will have to contact each Motel (or Hotel) to find out their individual
services and charges.
If you are an 'Xtra' customer with Broadband at your usual place of Internet
usage then 'Xtra' will charge you $2.50 per hour or part thereof for an
'extra' dial up connection from any phone in NZ including your own. i.e. it
is a 'second' connection and that is the 'fee' for providing that service.
Note this 'service' automatically comes with Xtra accounts, if you don't use
it, no charge.
If you think that is unreasonable try Clear/Paradise. They require a second
connection (dial up) fee in the order of $10 - $15 per month minimum 'every
month' irrespective of whether you use it or not. (It's effectively a second
ISP account)
On top of the 'Xtra' dial in fee, if the Motel you stay at provides a phone
to your room, then they 'may' charge you for any calls you make, either
voice or data. Some will charge a fee per minute some a fixed fee per call,
others will say 'no charge'
Be aware some Motels have 'captive' phone leads i.e. not plugged in but hard
wired permanently.
In these circumstances you can 'risk it' and take a suitable 'kit' with you,
not that I"m advocating you break any rules.
(I have done it but with explicit permisssion of the management)
If the Motel does provide Broadband the possibilities are:
Wirless hot spot in (say) a common lounge or your room, maybe free maybe
charged for, you will likely need some sort of access key to use it.
Hard wired Ethernet socket connected back to their own Hub/Switch for you to
plug your LAN socket into with a standard drop cable. These are the easiest
to use as all you usually have to do is plug it in and let DHCP assign your
laptop an TCP/IP address and away you go.
Prices are again Motel dependant, I have stayed at a Hotel in Sydney where
there was a 100Mbit LAN socket in each room to a 5Mbit Internet connection,
fee? $25.00 for the first half hour to 24 hours, effectively a $25 per day
fee for BB access (was 4 years ago though, I would expect prices have come
down a lot since then)
As I said at the start best ring each one to find out the 'oil'
Cheers
Paul.
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