Unbelievable as it may seem, the Luxor in Las Vegas offers high-speed internet access – but there’s a catch! In order to get it, you need to stretch a wire all the way across the room, and it won’t even reach the desk for you to actually work at it.
The cost for this little act of fire-hazard creation? $15 per day. FML.
Scott Lovingood says
October 18, 2009 at 11:12 pmHave 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.
Andrew Gusarov says
October 1, 2009 at 2:43 amWi-fi it’s unreal in lux-zone:)
Andrew Gusarov says
October 1, 2009 at 2:42 amFor sure in Belarus good internet is reall joke man:)
strong post:) hotel like in kiev;)
Philip from Australia says
September 30, 2009 at 9:13 pmI 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
Thomas S. Nielsen says
September 29, 2009 at 11:49 pmThat 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.
Blair says
September 29, 2009 at 5:24 pmDuuuude … 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.