It makes me wonder when T1′s will be obsolete, at least, bundling them for business use like in a hotel atmosphere.  If you did not know, most hotels across the United States, whether it be a Hyatt, Hilton, Marriott or a Starwood property are all still using T1 lines.  In most cases, a 2xT1 bonded for a maximum of 3.0Mbps symmetrical bandwidth.  These hotels share this bandwidth for its guest rooms, its offices and meeting spaces.  Can you imagine that?  If you are a business traveler staying at a hotel, and check into your guest room and get prompted to pay $9.95 for internet access and the best you get is some shared internet access with hundreds of other surfing, what type of speed will you be getting?  This may not be enough for 10 people to be watching Youtube videos, let alone hundreds.

At the same time, you may be conducting a meeting which needs this high speed internet access and you are prompted for a $250.00 charge, at least.  And then you find out that your basically paying for something that is equivalent to what is in the guest room but at 25 times the charge just because its in a meeting room atmosphere.

Hotel owners/operators need to play catch up to technology.  They need to re-invest in their infrastructure and actually offer something worth paying for.  A couple years ago, if a hotel had a DS3 circuit (45Mbps) it would have been sufficient.  Now, it’s just getting by and should be standard.  Honestly, if I was the corporate CTO of these hotel’s I would be ashamed that my hotel’s were selling puny shared T1 access for $9.95 in the guest room and $250.00 in the meeting rooms.  But then again, what is not a rip off in a hotel?  A gallon of “freshly squeezed orange juice” for $60 sound about right.

Okay,  so people should not put their arms are legs in the soiled linen chute but when I first read it, I thought it was a joke that advised people to NOT dump body parts down the chute.  Much funnier to me. HA!