Worst WiFi hotels

Following on yesterday's entry on the best WiFi-enabled hotels, HotelChatter today brings us an entry on the worst WiFi hotels... They've limited the field to Namerica, which really cuts back on the competition, if you ask me. Europe is full of hotels that offer wireless at between $30 and $50 a day, and require you to go to the front desk and buy a scratch-off card in order to get a login for the service, and are often sold out of the cards. Jesus, Euro-hotel-WiFi just sucks for the most part.

Marriott offers WiFi in their lobbies and common areas. Oh yeah, one catch, if you want access through Marriott's STSN WiFi deal you have to pay ~$3.95 for the first minute and anywhere from .25 cents to $1 for each additional minute (charges vary from Marriott to Marriott). In the immortal words of John McEnroe..."You can not be serious!". Honestly, this charge seems steep. We bet there are psychic hotlines that charge less per minute. Marriott is charging for a service that aches to be free, but it gets worse.

To add insult to injury, if you do scrap together the $4.95 for five minutes online you will not only have to race through your online activities in an attempt to beat the clock, but you will also have to contend with pop up navigation, and a terribly non intuitive interface. Oh yeah, and if you want to use the hardwired broadband line in your guest room, you will have to pony up more cash.

Link (Thanks, Mark!)