Comments on: The Luxor’s “High Speed Internet” is a JOKE!

By: Scott Lovingood

Scott Lovingood — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:12:24 +0000

Have you noticed that fancy hotels charge an extravagant amount for wired high speed but the low end hotels provide it for free?

When I was traveling in Europe, the hotels charged an arm and a leg for internet access. Go to a conference in nearly any hotel and the “high speed wireless” they provide is pitiful. I eventually broke down and got a Sprint card. If you travel a lot it makes a lot of sense.

By: Andrew Gusarov

Andrew Gusarov — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:43:10 +0000

Wi-fi it’s unreal in lux-zone:)

By: Andrew Gusarov

Andrew Gusarov — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:42:32 +0000

For sure in Belarus good internet is reall joke man:)

strong post:) hotel like in kiev;)

By: Philip from Australia

Philip from Australia — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 02:13:59 +0000

I used one of those in Japan recently when on a wired connection. Worked a charm. Easy to set up.

Plus, if you set it up to share a single IP, you are on your own little subnet, with a (in effect) hardware fire wall protecting you from other people in the hotel.

And we were fully mobile in the rooms we stayed in. niiiice.

Philip

By: Thomas S. Nielsen

Thomas S. Nielsen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:49:50 +0000

That is insane. I wouldn’t pay for that at all, I would bring out my phone and tether or use a USB 3G modem or something. At least I hope you got good speeds with it.

An alternative I have seen many use in such places though, is to bring an Apple Airport Express to get a wireless access point. You might want to try that next time.

By: Blair

Blair — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:24:56 +0000

Duuuude … that’s crazy. You’d think the Luxor would have some high tech Wi-Fi built into the inner coating of it’s pyramid! Sorry man.