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Old May 15, 2010, 3:17 pm
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hillrider
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Horrendous internet--avoid if you need to do work

The internet was qualitatively horrendous and quantitatively the throughput (www.speedtest.net) was terrible and quality (www.pingtest.net) was a solid F. No way of getting any work done except for some asyncronous email, and don't even think of making a Skype call. This was both on the in-room Ethernet (wired) and the wireless.

Furthermore, the wireless was completely incompatible with any smartphone or iPad: you couldn't even read a newspaper online that it would ask you to re-enter the complex username/password. The timeout is set in milliseconds instead of several tens of minutes.

Pretty basic stuff, but certainly crucial to a productive stay. Avoid this property unless you're on a bus tour (I counted four the night I was there). And yes, it's a haul from the airport itself (about 20 minutes).
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