Originally Posted by
stifle
Most Hilton family hotels in the UK ditched ibahn wired-only internet in favour of BTOpenzone wireless internet in the past six months. Whereas in the past only the wired internet was free, all the Hilton family hotels I have stayed in this year have offered me wi-fi for free, and the UK ones did not seem to have a limit on the number of devices connected.
This is a recent change. My last stays in 2011 were at the Waldorf Hilton and the Hilton Dartford Bridge, where it was wired-only.
[At the Hilton on the Park Melbourne, the front desk clerk printed me two or three 24-hour vouchers whenever I wanted during my 10-night stay. Each one with a face value of $27.50
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That explains the difference between what I experienced and what jamesteroh is seeing with the Trafalgar. The stay I listed were up to May 2011. I stayed in a few Hilton family hotels in the past 6 months but they were HI, HGI which already provided free in-room wireless internet even before the changes. I have only stayed in the Conrad Bangkok of the higher end hotels in the past 6 months. That did provide free wireless. But the Asian properties have such better service, I thought that was the difference.
Good to hear the shift is now to wireless internet.