[wellylug] modem not connecting

[Mark Foster]

>> David Murray wrote:
>> <SNIPPAGE>
>>
>>>> Remember - a hotel is merely a large many-roomed house with servants and
>>>> paying guests.
>>
>>
>>>> If you object to the cost of hiring private communications facilities,
>>>> then perhaps you simply should not use them.
>>>>
>>
>> </SNIPPAGE>
>>
>> A fine introduction to the fiscal considerations of running a hotel.
>> I would argue vehemently that hotel call charges are fair, but then this would
>> have little to do with the topic or linux in general, David.
>
>
> I would argue that they are not, but hey, everyone loves a flame
> war! ;-)

It does seem you do enjoy Flaming for the sake of it, David.
I know that I quite regularly stay in Hotels (etc) for work purposes; Work 
gives me an allowance toward Accomodation and Meals, but doesn't cover 
Internet Access.  My personal financial situation being as screwed as it 
is (What was a dual-income-no-kids situation becoming a 
single-income-1-kid situation) I don't have the money to waste.  Thus when 
I dialup I mentally calculate the cost for _that call_ and not for the 3 
or 4 others required to get out!!

So I can understand the original posters frustration at being chopped off 
for no apparrent reason.   Biting his head off achieves nothing except to 
make yourself look like flame throwing zealout, unfortunately. (One gets 
the idea you have a vaguely related bee in your bonnet from elsewhere that 
tied in nicely?)


Anycase I have on the whole decided that dialup is to be expected to be 
flakey, and depending on where you are, alternatives are usually feasible 
- regardless of their cost.  In wellington I've found cafenet a boon, 
especially as I can access it from the foyer of the hotel I tend to use - 
thus eliminating the 60c/minute up to a max of $25/day fee they charge for 
their in-house broadband, as well as their per-minute costs for 
phonecalls...


Cheers
Mark.