I’m up in Auckland for the next two days at a conference. It’s being held at an up-market, seemingly business-savvy and central city hotel. It’s an IT conference and so obviously the hotel realises a bunch of tech connected peoples will be here.
I wanted to connect to a WiFi network to liveblog some of the stuff I’m hearing (as well as keep up with my day to day stuff – multitasking they call it).
I’m told by the concierge that there is no free wireless here and that they can sell me a card ($5 for an hour!). I’m lucky in that, while I often work remotely, I generally do it in places with good connectivity and so am somewhat insulated from the vagaries of disfunction.
But really – 2008, at a flash inner city hotel in the middle of an international city and I’m struggling to check my email!
Might be time for a mobile BB connection!
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Lame!!
Name and shame – you know you want to!
Crowne Plaza Auckland is $5 for 1 hour
Rydges Auckland is $10 for 1 hour
Esquires coffee is $3 for a flat white and one hour free BB access
go figure!
“international city” … there’s your first mistake
“flash inner city hotel”..there’s your second mistake
Now I’m staying in an “international city”, a proper one called Sydney.
The hotel is inner city (http://www.merivale.com/establishment) and the very quick broadband is free.
Next stop Sky City Grand in Auckland so will report back from there