About half the time that I encounter only paid in-room internet, I'll also find some free source in the hotel or reachable from it. May be in the hotel club or executive lounge (if you have privileges), one of the adjacent buildings other posters here have reported, or downstairs in the meeting room(s) or lobby. Once at a Westin, I was able to position my laptop near the hotel entryway so it picked up a good T-Mobile wi-fi signal from the Starbucks across the street. If there's a T-mobile near the hotel, may just take my laptop out for a little walk rather than pay the $10/day to the hotel, since I already have a T-mobile plan.