Hilton HHonors - List of Hilton HHonors Properties with Free High Speed Internet Access

I was wondering which hotels in the Hilton chain have the fastest and most reliable high-speed internet connections. I am looking to get away to somewhere, I don't really care where, and I want to be able to work on the internet reliably and fast.

Thanks,
Greg

Virtually none!

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As ACORD mentions in the above thread, the Hilton Tokyo's internet connections are very fast. The catch is that you have to pay high rates for the rooms that are equipped with the RINKS internet system (Business and Executive Floors), but if you are a Gold or Diamond, you should have no problem upgrading.

Hilton Times Square had high speed as of 1/3/01 $10/day. Seems as if most of the Embassy Suites I stay in have it also, i believe also $10/day. Hampton Inn Vancouver (Beautiful hotel for a hampton, nice gold room upgrade too) had high speed for free as of Jun 01. Most of the rest I cannot remember as to just quickly check e-mail its usually just as easy to use the dataport.

I posted this before, but really would like to know given that I just got equipped...

I've read all about high speed internet access at this hotel or that hotel, but what about a comprehensive list of all Hilton-related properties with high speed internet access?

Anyone have such a list or know where to find it?

I recall seeing such a list of all such HGIs on their website in the recent past (but cannot find it right now), and hear that the plan is in place for all HGIs to have it by end of 2003 (read in links below).

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/005906.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/005536.html

But meanwhile, where can we get fast access at all Hilton-related properties?

There doesn't seem to be any quick way to find out (other than to search each hotel's webpage, ask you here at FT about a specific property, or call each hotel to ask!). Please tell me I'm wrong.

I too would find this incredibly useful. If you're not wrong, maybe we should start a directory thread here?

I, also, would like such a list, but compiling the information would be difficult, unless it was done by Hilton itself. Right now, it seems like there are a lot of factors and variables that are difficult to quantify, and it seems like things are always in flux at the local properties. Some properties claim to have high speed access, but "its not working right now; our ISP went broke". Others have it, but only through the tv, or in the "remodeled/refurbished" rooms, or in their "business center". Some that do have it require the guest to do extensive tweaking with their laptop to make it work right. Others charge a lot, others give it free. And of course some charge sometimes and give it free othertimes, sometimes based on the room you are in; sometimes for no apparent reason.

In other words, gathering accurate and complete information would be nearly impossible, and what was gathered would get stale quickly. Hence, the only realistic solution would be for Hilton to require all of its properties at all of its brands to place on the property's website DETAILED Internet information saying exactly what they have, who the provider is, and what rooms have it, exactly what it costs and whether, if it is sometimes free what the rules are for that.

When a Hilton has a business center with access, the web page should say precisely what models of computers they have and speeds those computers can run at and can access the net at. The computers should be described by what input/output options they have, e.g., CD-ROM burner, Zip drive, tape drive, etc. Ancillary equipment such as printers and scanners should be listed by brand name and model #.

Though not specific to Hilton Hotels, this site is pretty good at finding high speed internet access at hotels:

http://www.geektools.com/geektels/

That's a great link, Beckles, thank you.

While I take your points, amanuensis, I personally am not interested in the business centres, merely whether I can plug my lap top into something fast in my room! That stupid TV thing is completely useless so should be excluded fullstop!

On the FWIW scale, on that site, it says the Downtown JAX Hilton Riverfront (Jacksonville, FL) has high-speed access. It does not, sorry, no luck. However, the Deerwood Park HGI does, as I'm using it right now...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Beckles:
http://www.geektools.com/geektels/</font>Great site, but be warned, it still lists CAIS/OverVoice properties. AFAIK, CAIS/OverVoice aka Ardent has gone belly up, stranding the hotels who used it.

Now that I'm seeing some Hilton properties are offering Free High Speed Internet service. I thought a thread that could steer me away from the properties that charge $9.95 for an access fee and towards properties that are free.

(I know Drury Inns and Fairfields offer free almost system wide)

Here is a compiled list of free properties.

Hilton Garden Inns
ABQ, NM Airport
CLE, OH Airport
CLE, OH Gateway
Downtown New Orleans
Fairfax, VA
Omaha, NE
Overland Park, WI
Cupertino, CA
DTW, MI Airport
Mountainview
Denver, CO
San Mateo, CA
Bloomington, MN
PHL City Center
FT. Lauderdale/Miramar
Livermore, CA
Kimberly, WI

Hampton Inns
STL Chesterfield
Ottawa, Ontario
Mississagua, Ontario
Florida City, FL
Stockton, CA
San Jose, CA
Ft. Lauderdale Downtown

Hiltons
Lac Leamy, Ontario
Hartford, CT Downtown
Seattle, WA (exec floors only)
London, UK (exec floors only)
Tokyo, Shinjuku (exec floors only)
Boston-Logan (exec floors only)
Santa Clara, CA (exec floors only)

Doubletree
Irvine, CA
Atlanta-Perimiter (wireless)
Norwalk, CT (Free for 1st 59 minutes?)

Homewood
Charlotte, NC Coliseum

Embassy Suites
Lompoc, CA

CHARGED A FEE

HGI
Plymouth, MI
Renton, WA
SFO (North)

Hilton
Santa Clara (on non-exec level floors)

ontherun



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Great idea, this is real savings at 9.95$ per day!

HGI in Downtown New Orleans
Hilton in Lac Leamy, Ottawa
Hampton Inn Ottawa
Hampton Inn Mississauga, Ontario

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The Hampton Inn in Florida City, Florida provides free high-speed Internet access to their guests.

HGI Fairfax, VA has free high speed Internet.
I thought all HGI's were getting it this year?

HGI Overland Park, KS

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The Doubletree an the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, CA offer free broadband. If you don't have an ethernet cable, they'll loan you one for a $10 deposit.

Cromely.

The Hunstville AL Hilton has a business center with two desktop computers for anyone to use for free.

Jay

HGI in Cupertino, CA

The HGI's are advertising that they will all have free HS access by year end, however I'm still finding the fee at some properties.

Free - HGI DTW Airport
9.95 - HGI Plymouth, MI (a few months ago)
9.95 - HGI Renton, WA

Seems that they need to clarify the issue across the chain. I'm also starting to see HS popping up at more Hampton's, slowly but surely.

HGI SFO (North) - still a fee
HGI Mountainview - free
HGI DEN (airport) - free but you have to reconfigure all kinds of settings on your computer.

Some suggestions for getting online in the U.S. by a certified-gotta-be-online-while-on-the-road-junkie: (feel free to add yours...)

If the HGI you're staying at does not have free hi-speed access yet, it's supposedly going to be in all by the close of 2003. Most HGI's also have "business centers" with a PC, printer and hi speed access for those traveling without the ol' electronic ball and chain.

Sign up for Wyndham ByRequest membership; it's free and can net you 500 AAdvantage miles just for signing up. Among the other bennies, this nets you hi speed internet access while you are a guest there. I've used this about a dozen times in the past year, it's great. Check out www.wyndham.com (http://www.wyndham.com)
if you're interested.

Wayport, a service you're seeing popping up at a lot of Hiltons and other hotel chain properties (and Laptop Lanes) has a $100 prepaid card option that you can purchase good for 20 connects, from the time of checkin to checkout (or noon) the next day. This reduces (ready, math majors?) the per night cost to $5. For a list of hotels and access points nationwide, go to www.wayport.net/locations. (http://www.wayport.net/locations.)

Get a wi-fi card for your laptop if yours is not already wi-fi enabled. Cards are about $50 or less now, and totally worth it. In our industrial park, someone is broadcasting a real nice free signal for me to pickup at work. Thanks, buddy (-ies), whoever you are.

As a paying wi-fi option, T-mobile has "hot spots" popping up all over many Starbucks as well as Admirals Clubs and other in terminal locations. It's 300 minutes for $50 prepaid (10 minutes per connect minimum usage), or $29.95 a month with a 12 month commmitment ( a buck sixty-seven per 10 minute e-mail pickup...hardly enough time to surf FT). I'm trying out a $50 deal right now, and like it very much...quite handy. If you're an AS Board Room member, the SEA board room has hi-speed wireless as well as ethernet broadband available. Others can chime in here about availability at other BR locations....?

For the truly desperate (present company included), there's the ol' USB connectivity kit from the cell phone to the laptop. My faxes are sent to my e-mail, which means I can pick up both virtually anywhere nationwide from my cell phone when nothing else is available. The kits run about $70 from Verizon; I know other services have it as well. Connect time while transferring data is the same as talk time per minute usage. I must warn you, though: it's VERRRRY slow and is great only when no other online means are available.

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cromely:
The Doubletree an the Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, CA offer free broadband. If you don't have an ethernet cable, they'll loan you one for a $10 deposit.

Cromely.</font>

First off, Cromely, welcome to Flyer talk.

Second, I'm staying at the Stockton Hampton Inn and Suites off Hwy 99 and have free High Speed.

HGI - San Mateo
HGI - Bloomington, MN

HGI Philadelphia center city... free

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I am at the HGI Ft. Lauderdale/Mirimar right now hooked up to free high speed.

I saw a sign in the elevator that said all HGI will have free high speed access by the end of 2003, just as the poster above mentioned.

I think it is great, I hate paying $10 for high spped access, although that is better than $1/30 mins for dial up in the hotels!!

HGI - Livermore CA

One note about Wyndham. They advertise the free high-speed internet for Wyndham By Request members, but quite a few Wyndhams that I've stayed at don't have this option available. Just FYI...

Double Tree Club Norwalk CT

A word of caution, some hotels offer this free Internet service for the first hour only, thereafter there is a fee charged. As suggested by a friendly employee at the Doubletree 'be sure to log off after 50 minutes or so then log back on to avoid charges'.

i believe all HGI's have free internet.

HGI Kimberly, WI has it.

New Hampton Inn and Suites in San Jose has free high speed internet.

Hilton Hartford Downtown

PB

Homewood Suites - Charlotte Coliseum
HGI Cleveland Gateway

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by saimike:
i believe all HGI's have free internet.</font>

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/rolleyes.gif Just read the thread and that will answer that question ...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ORDDoug:
The HGI's are advertising that they will all have free HS access by year end, however I'm still finding the fee at some properties. </font>

The Denver airport GI doesn't have it yet, but was advertising it when I was there last week. I think the sign said it was coming June, 2003.

Hampton Inn Fort Lauderdale Downtown (the new one)

Free wireless internet at the Doubletree Atlanta-Perimeter Center.

beckles, if only i had as much luck with the state lottery as i do with my HGI choices http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

The Embassy Suites in New York City, the downtown Battery Park City location.

They also have a business center in their lobby with two computers, fax and copier all free for their guests to use.

Hilton Seattle
Hilton London

Both free, on the HHonor floor at least.

HGI - ABQ Airport - free high speed, but really doesn't work very well - constant disconnects (like every 10 minutes) most ports blocked - i.e. UDP. No one in the hotel seemed to know who to contact about the disconnects. I ended up using dial-up to download a file. HGI- SFO Airport North as of last month I was charged $9.95 per day

Omaha Garden Inn is Free...

The Inn at Penn (U-Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, "a Hilton Hotel") has free high speed in-room Internet access to hook up to.

Hilton Tokyo (Shinjuku) on the exec levels have free broadband internet access from the rooms, if you don't have a PCMCIA 10 base-t card, they'll also provide that to you, free of charge.

Hilton Boston Logan Airport: Am on Exec. Level and was not charged the $9.95/day - what a deal....no more dial up charges.

Much faster.

Am using the ES Lompoc's free wireless internet service to write this post. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif The hotel manager said they just started the service three days ago. Lucky me!

(Edited for typo.)

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posting from the Santa Clara (CA) Hilton right now. Free Ethernet based high speed in Exec. floor room.
Wireless in lobby and high speed on other floors for pay (?).

Embassy Suites in Santa Clara - Wireless in lobby and common spaces (although the woman told me when I asked that the rooms should be wired within a few months) Price TBA

Just kicking it to the top

The HGI OKC Airport has free high speed access...and really nice AAA room rates too.

Free Broadband Internet:

Hampton Inn, Miami Airport South
Hilton Metrotown, Burnaby, Brittish Columbia

Incidentally both also have business centers with free internet, computers, and printers. Great for NWA online check-in.

Millenium Hilton, NY - Free in all rooms.

here's my contribution.

free highspeed internet
HGI fort worth north
HGI maple grove (minneapolis)
HS near RDU

$10 wireless internet
ES in downtown minneapolis

HGI Rochester, MN: free

Hilton Carson (CA): 9.95

I hope someone takes the initiative to comile an easy list (hint, hint)

Hampton Inn Evansville, IN

Free wired high speed in King study and lobby
9.95 wireless

a few more:

HGI Wilkes-Barre PA
Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Buffalo NY
Hampton Inn Rochester/ Greece NY

HGI Syracuse still charges, but I complain and they credit it.

Has anyone come across Homewood locations with High Speed Internet?

The Doubletree Grand Key Resort in Key West also has free high-speed internet in all their rooms.

Just noticed that the Embassy Suites in Troy, MI, has wireless service for a "nominal fee." There was a sign in the elevator this morning. The sign made some mention of picking up a card for your laptop from the front desk. Has anyone experienced this? Is the fee for "card rental?" I've got my own card (not with me http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif ), so I'm wondering if mine would be free if I had my card...

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dugernaut:
a few more:

HGI Wilkes-Barre PA
Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Buffalo NY
Hampton Inn Rochester/ Greece NY

HGI Syracuse still charges, but I complain and they credit it.

Has anyone come across Homewood locations with High Speed Internet?</font>

Richmond, VA airport and Chesterfield, VA both have free high speed access.

Hampton Inn, Arlington Road, Akron Ohio

O yes, I forgot &lt;kicking myself&gt; the best HGI ever, Scottsdale AZ, has it also.

If you are considering the Merv Griffin Hilton, go here instead, great hotel, superb staff.

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The Trafalgar, London.

Hampton Inn Pensacola Airport - not a word about it anywhere in the hotel or in the service directory, but I saw an ethernet jack in the wall and plugged into it and viola!

It was free at the HGI LAX El Segundo the last two time I was there.

Zurich Airport Hilton has recently introduced Hi-Speed Internet for a charge (sorry, can't remember how much...).

HGI Anchorage- free in room

Hampton Inn and Suites Ft. Worth North - Alliance Airport

Hampton Inn and Suites Birmingham/Pelham, Alabama

The Hampton Inn in Columbia, TN has free high-speed Internet access. They do not have a sign in the lobby or in the rooms; I just happened to notice a plug in the wall and was surprised that it worked.

Hiltons
Lac Leamy, Ontario

I stayed at the Lac Leamy in Hull, Quebec for 5 nights last week... and it is not free... it is charged at $9.95 for 24 hours, starting at 12 noon each day.

If you use the net at 11 Am... on the first day, you will be charged the full day price for that final hour, before a new day begins at noon.

I am HHonors Gold, stayed in a King/ Deluxe Suite on the 15th floor, since there were no executive floor (18,19, 20th) rooms left. Celine took up the entire 20th floor...smile

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Super Larry:
Hampton Inn Ottawa
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Really? They do their best to keep it a secret then...

No sign of it when I was there two weeks ago

I noticed the HGI in Livermore, CA (near Pleasanton).. this does.. also across the street.. the Hampton Inn -Livermore does. The Hilton at the CLub in Pleasanton does not offer FREE but does have for pay. I actually found the Hampton Inn in Livermore quite comfortable... sorry for the sidenote.

Add:

Doubletree Plano, TX

DoubleTree at Plymouth Meeting, PA

They do not advertise it anywhere and do not guarantee the service. Not sure whether available in all rooms, but you have to look for the outlet, in the suites on the wall next to the round dining table. Considering they charge for 1-800 lines after 30 mins or so, glad to have the option when I stay there.

Homewood Suites had free wi-fi in June. It was not advertised but I saw the telltale antenna units in the hallway and sure enough, free!

Embassy Suites Las Vegas Convention Ctr was *not* free internet.

HGI Lake Mary was free.

Homewood Suites MCI Airport

Wayport high-speed wired access for $9.95 (once you pay you have access until the next day's check-n time - e.g. 3:00pm)


Doubletree Club LAS:

Wireless in lobby only for a charge (not sure how much).

Planning to add wired highspeed to the rooms "within a couple of months".

Bonus: There is a single desktop PC in the Club business area with attached LaserJet printer available at no charge to guests - this is perfect for printing your online-checkin boarding passes) http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Add to the list:

Hampton Inn Groton/Mystic CT.

Advertised on the sign out in front of the hotel but no obvious mention of it inside. They even loaned me an ethernet cable - we're wireless at home so I didn't have one packed. I'm hooked up as I type.

PDH

Homewood San Francisco Airport North: free wireless (no wired access).

Doubletree San Francisco Airport: $9.95 wired. Also $9.95 wireless in public areas only.

Add: Embassy Suites, Memphis, TN.
Hampton Inn & Suites, Miami, FL

Stayed in Memphis a couple of weeks ago. Nothing was advertised, but y computer had a wireless card and thought I would give it a try. Logged on just fine!

The Hampton advertises the free broadband in the elevators. In the room, the TV tells you how to configure the wireless card. However, this time, I did not have a wireless card. Looked in the "Guest Services" binder and sure enough, there were detailed instructions on how to configure the NIC! It even included screen prints! Reconfigured it and was instantly on. I didn't even have to reboot! BTW, the operating system was XP.

Hilton NY has it available in some rooms. I stayed here for 2 conferences (one week right after the other). Both times my room had free DSL but my co-worker's rooms did not. Perhaps it helps that I had a laptop with me and they didn't.

Beware, though...not all rooms at the Doubletree Norwalk (Conn.) have high-speed Internet. Since i lost Gold (grrrr), I've twice gotten rather icky rooms without it and told that i could upgrade for $25 a night.

The Hampton Inn in Lynnwood, Washington, however, has free and extremely speedy high-speed access, and nice rooms with a nicer staff. Much better than the Embassy Suites in Lynnwood, which charged $9.95 a day as of last year and put me on the same floor as the Oregon State football team the weekend of the OSU-UW game.

Hilton Richmond, VA airport- free

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by jan_az:
Hilton Richmond, VA airport- free</font>

Good idea for this Hilton to throw in free access. They need all they can get to entice people to stay at this property!

Hilton Naples and Towers

Naples, FL

HI in Moline, IL
ES in San Luis Obispo, CA

The Hilton Millenium downtown New York has it--however, never could get it to send e-mail--spent an hour with the tech on the phone, but still couldn't get it to go. (ooops, they actually charged me $11.90 for the pleasure)

The Hampton in Fort Smith Arkansas has free hi-speed internet, too.

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HGI in Bridgewater, NJ - FREE high speed

They also have wireless in the lobby. FREE.

free high speed internet at Hilton Times Square (NYC)

I'm currently at the Hilton Birmingham (S. Perimeter)using their high speed. I called downstairs - it's apparently "free" though the desk clerk seemed surprised by that. There is no sign anywhere.

The Hampton Inn in Chester VA (exit 61A off I 95) offers free high speed internet access in their rooms as well as in their business center, where they have two state of the art computers.

BTW the rooms have been recently renovated, were spotless, contained a fridge and microwave all for $52.

Hilton Garden Inn Anaheim had free internet access when I was there August 8. Nice place too.

Happy Travels

HGI Edison/Raritan Center

HGI at RDU

Is there a web-based searchable database of Hilton hotels with high speed internet (wireless and "wired")?

I dont believe so. Itsa fast-moving moving target. BTW if you use the advanced options on the hilton.com site, there is a box to check for "hotels with high speed internet" in a city. It doesnt say if is free or if you pay, but I have found it is about 80% accurate. Additionally I always call the hotel directly to confirm, and their answers are about 90% accurate. For the most part, I TOTALLY AVOID hotels without high speed internet anymore.

MisterNice

There is a way (I think) to look it up on their web site.

Its something like select United States, with no state checked off and have Internet Access checked off on the bottom.

It works for other countries, so perhaps the US. I don;t have time to try it right now.

This only holds true if the web site is up to date. Some properties may have it but not noted on the site.

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You can try this site...

http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/promotions/wireless/

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Thanks erehwon and welcome to FT!

Note that the site erehwon provides us is wireless HH hotels. Looks like we are on our own for wired hotels.

Nice list... now let´s hope they think longer than just US based properties, would be nice if they added ALL Hilton´s http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

FlyerTalkers' own list:
Hilton Properties w/ free High Speed Int (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/007765.html)

Not to mention:
All Homewoods to Offer Hi-Speed by April 2004 (http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum57/HTML/008453.html)

I'd narrow down the search to the hotels you want, then call to confirm. There are so many different flavors out there, but in general the HGI's have wired high speed for free in the rooms, some Embassies have high speed but you have to pay for it, the Hiltons are a mix of wired and wireless, etc.

If you have a place that is NOT wired, make sure they don't charge for local calls to connect and get your e-mails, that can quickly add up to much more then a wire charge.

The new HGI at Dorval airport Montreal, free high speed connection...

And along these lines, I just cancelled my dialup Earthlink account yesterday since I restrict booking hotels to those having high speed internet. Free if possible.

MisterNice

Please add to your great compiled list on Page 1 of this thread, the following that has complimentary in-room wired Hi-Speed internet:

Homewood Suites Anaheim/Main Gate Area, CA

Hampton Inn - Milwaukee Airport free

WiFi
Hampton Inn & Suites (Oyster Point) - Newport News, VA

Wired
Homewood Suites - Chester, VA

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Hilton Northbrook

Northbrook IL
Just north of Chicago

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Hampton Inn, Cordelia/Fairfield CA has wifi; I know because it's become a place I can pull up in the parking lot and check email.

Hampton Inn Chelsea Manhattan-New York has complimentary Hi-Speed wired. No "box" or even welcome screen. Just plug into the wall and go. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by minnie:
Hilton NY has it available in some rooms. I stayed here for 2 conferences (one week right after the other). Both times my room had free DSL but my co-worker's rooms did not. Perhaps it helps that I had a laptop with me and they didn't. </font>


I am at the Hilton NY as I write this and they are charging $11.95 a day (noon/noon). What floor were you on to get free access? I am on the Executive floor (44) and getting charged daily.

Thanks!!

<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PremEx:
Hampton Inn Chelsea Manhattan-New York has complimentary Hi-Speed wired. No "box" or even welcome screen. Just plug into the wall and go. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif</font>


I'm at the HI Chelsea right now and loving it!

The HGI in St. Charles, IL also has free wired access.

Hampton Inn- Redwood City California has free wired DSL or wireless in all rooms. Worked really well too (and the hotel is almost new and quite nice for a Hampton)

Hilton - Lincoln Centre North Dallas (f.k.a. Doubletree) has wireless only. Didn't try it, but the front desk said it was free.

BTW, dialup rates are very low at the hotel. Local calls are 56 cents, no time limit. 800 numbers are free for the first half hour, then 56 cents until call termination.

Hampton Inn - Madison WI (East Towne Mall)

Free wireless throughout the hotel.

The Hampton in Terra Heute, IN has wired (free)
The Hampton Airport in Indianapolis does not

FWIW

DLM

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At the Hilton NY, the room internet access is not free. There is free wireless access at the lounge though.

I definitely did not see internet access at the Hampton Inn Ottawa.

Hilton Lac Lamey is charging 5.95 Cdn a day.

DT Rosemead (Montebello) CA approx 440kbps

Wired -- bring a long cable, as the socket in my suite was poorly located.

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Hampton Inn Humble, Texas (at IAH airport) has free wireless throughout the hotel including the guest rooms.

Also free loaner D-Link Wi-Fi cards w/driver software CD available at the front desk.

Hampton Inn--Ames, Iowa. (Wired)

Hampton Inn Clarksville, TN has high-speed. Not a single sign anywhere and the cable was under the desk, almost invisible.

Hampton Inns Modesto CA and San Diego/Sea World Airport (free) and San Diego Downtown ($10). Wired.

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Embassy Suites, Northwest Arkansas: Free Highspeed, cables available at front desk for $5.00
Embassy Suites, Little Rock: $9.95/day
Doubletree Memphis (formerly Hilton): None
Doubletree Little Rock: None

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Hampton Inn'S
at:
Hartsfield airport
Dayton airport
Withita KS wireless
Clevland airport
I 65 just out side of Louisville
Parsipany NJ
Thats all I can rember at this time.

The Wingate Inn Chain as free hi speed at all locations.

Hilton Boston Logan and Hampton Inn MCI both charge 9.95 http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/frown.gif

Aloha

October 2003 - Hilton at Canoga Park, CA charges 9.95 for Wayport

December 2003 - Beachfront Hilton in Cocoa Beach, Fla charges 9.95 for Wayport. Wish I could have stayed somewhere else on this one.

The Hampton Inn in Warren, MI (Van Dyke and 14 Mile) has a big banner advertising free high speed internet. When I was there last week, the jack/interface device was right there in the room. Nice hotel, too. Treated me superbly as a Diamond.

Down the road (Van Dyke and 16 Mile) there's a brand new Hampton Inns and Suites. I'll be staying there after the holidays, so can't report until then. However, if you ever have to hotel-hop (to build up the stay count), this situation is ideal. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/smile.gif

Finally, the Hilton in London, Ont has hi-speed access. Supposed to charge for it, but we never were. My colleague could almost always get his working, I never could. Oh well

Definitely -not- free at the Hilton Cologne, Germany.

1) Wireless is only available at €10 per hour, and only on floors 4 and higher. Supposedly lobby as well but got no signal.

2) Wired is available in their mini-Business Center for €20 per hour. Zero privacy (monitor can't be 6 feet from glass-walled outside hallway).

3) Printouts are €.75 per page for B/W, €3.00 per page for inkjet color.

And no exec lounge to drink my Internet price sorrows away in...

--Grog--

HGI in State College, PA, free, wired, the cable is in a wind-up thingie on the wall behind the desk, not even a stupid login splash screen like most.

HGI in Mississauga, Ontario.
I'm using it now but, like many, it does have that slow splash screen. It also says that it's only valid for 24 hours and then I have to do the login thing again. But it is free.

Hilton Harrisburg PA only the 2 exec level floors are wired (great hotel too) *FREE*

Hampton Inn North Lynnwood WA wired and Wi-Fi (great hotel with *FREE* booze also) *FREE*

MisterNice

Free at HGI Wichita.

Just remembered - the Hampton in Anniston, AL has hi-speed internet access available from a terminal in the lobby.

Not exactly what we're all looking for, but it is high speed and it is free, so ....

Just returned from Hilton New Orleans Riverside Tuesday. Have a free WiFi hotspot in atrium/lobby area only, but worked great with an aftermarket Netgear card.

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Ken

HGI at CMH (Columbus Ohio) did not have it for a stay on Dec 15...getting close to the end of the year

my most recent experiences with free internet at HH properties:

Hilton Garden Inn, Bridgewater, NJ
Hampton Inn, Clinton, NJ
Hilton Garden Inn, El Segundo/LAX, CA
Homewood Suites, Lansdale, PA

Hampton Inn & Suites Middletown / Newport, RI Rhode Island

Free hi-speed ethernet in guestrooms and free wireless broadband in lobby areas.

I´m staying at Hilton Airport Seattle and Hampton Inn Downtown Seattle in mid feb. Any info about high speed internet on these 2? Free or charge? I am Gold so I don´t think it will be any problems ending up on executive floors.

Hilton Antwerp, Netherlands

(funny thing: free wifi access in the room, €5 charge for 5 minutes in Business centre)

Doubletree Coconut Grove MIA

It's wireless with no limit (free use of adapter if you're PC is not set up for wireless).

I just stayed at the Hilton Riverside in N.O. on the 34 floor and the WiFi worked excellent and free.

I am staying at Doubletree Hotel Denver North (in Westminister) now. It also provides (wired) free High-Spreed Internet Access.

I think you mean wi fi but I dont carry a computer and The Waldorf London and the Cavalieri Hilton exec club both offer free computer.
I wish I had known when I first arrived!
found out by mistake!

Hampton Inn Denver West (Federal Center) has free wired broadband Internet in all guest rooms and in the business center. The Hampton Inn Grand Junction, Colorado, also has free broadband Internet in guest rooms.

Just got back from Mancherster New Hampshire. Stayed at a new Homewood Suites (first time visit to a homewood suites) It was great! They had high speed internet access in our room on a roomy desk. It was free!

Hi,

I stayed at the Richmond Airport Hampton on 6/11/04. My room was nice, got a bag of pretzels, bottle of water welcome ammenity, the free wireless Internet was high speed unlike some hotels, and the breakfast was well stocked and restocked as needed. Hotel staff were friendly.

I walked over to the Curtyard by Marriott next door just to check it out and while the public areas are noticeably nicer than the Hampton, the resturant/bar was closed at 6PM on Friday night .

I'm glad I Stayed at the Hampton as it was significantly less expensive than the Courtyard.

Good idea for this Hilton to throw in free access. They need all they can get to entice people to stay at this property!

Hampton Inn San Juan and Baltimore (Arundel Mills)

Hampton Inn & Suites Atlanta downtown

I just stayed at the Hilton Riverside in N.O. on the 34 floor and the WiFi worked excellent and free.

Good news - that is within a floor of the towers lounge IIRC, and definitely did not work there in December. Must have expanded coverage area.

Every Hampton Inn I've been in to date this year has had free high speed Internet-even if they are not listed on the hhonors.com website as having it-even in some obscure places that you wouldn't think would have any Internet access!

Here's a list of Hampton Inns I've been in this year that have free hispeed access:

San Francisco, CA/Daly City
Batesville, IN
Saint Louis, MO Downtown
Tullahoma, TN
Waldorf, MD
BWI
Natchitoches, LA
Greenville, NC
West Palm Beach, FL
Jackson, MS - Coliseum
Cocoa Beach, FL

I'd say 1/2 to 3/4 of those have wireless)

also this year:

Doubletree Guest Suites Walt Disney World (wired 9.99/day)
Doubletree Alana/Waikiki (wireless 9.99/day-just lobby access)
HGI BWI (wired 9.99/day)
Hilton Norfolk, VA (wired 9.99/day)
Embassy Suites Austin, TX (wired 9.99/day)

Hampton Inn Salida (Modesto) CA - DSL

I have a boatload of Hilton stays here and there coming up over the next six months, so I will be sure to keep updating this post with my findings.

PDX Hampton Inn - Complimentary Wireless
PDX Homewood Suites - Complimentary Wireless

Well I'm here in the room; very cookie cutter but nice enough. Maybe the "high speed" internet title should be dropped and just "internet" instead.

It's free when you plug into your room using the provided Cat 5 but this is the (lack of) speed! :eek:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/529227204.png

So I guess I should be happy that I can get online for free, pull down mail and websurf...

I notice in all Hilton properties across the line I have been in the last few months has maxed the internet around 60 kB/s. This has been a mix of Hamptons, Homewood, HGI, etc....


Well I'm here in the room; very cookie cutter but nice enough. Maybe the "high speed" internet title should be dropped and just "internet" instead.

It's free when you plug into your room using the provided Cat 5 but this is the (lack of) speed! :eek:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/529227204.png

So I guess I should be happy that I can get online for free, pull down mail and websurf...

I notice in all Hilton properties across the line I have been in the last few months has maxed the internet around 60 kB/s. This has been a mix of Hamptons, Homewood, HGI, etc....

You misplaced the decimal point. 0.66 MB is approximately 660 KB. But I agree with your main point, that it is not HIGH speed Internet. "High Speed" is a moving target. Used to be that I defined it as anything north of 1.5 MB. Now, I define it as 5 MB or higher.

You misplaced the decimal point. 0.66 MB is approximately 660 KB. But I agree with your main point, that it is not HIGH speed Internet. "High Speed" is a moving target. Used to be that I defined it as anything north of 1.5 MB. Now, I define it as 5 MB or higher.

660 KB and 660 Kb are very different numbers. The listed value was 0.66 Mb/s which is approximately the same as 60 KB/s - or "close" to 660 Kb/s.

My bad.

My bad.

No - Hilton's bad for offering crap internet download speeds. It would take forever to download a torrent!

Hilton Baton Rouge - Free wired internet (and free local shuttle)
Hilton Houston SW - Free wireless internet. Speed not great.