Articles tagged Wi-Fi.

Don't Blame the iPad for Poor Hotel Wi-Fi Service

October 28, 2011 14:19 by: Karl Johnson   1 Comment

Categories: iPad , News

Tagged: Wi-Fi

It has been difficult for travelers looking for good Internet access on the road. It was once hard to find a Wi-Fi connection, since most hotels only had an ethernet port. However, times have changed as most hotels have decided to add Wi-Fi hot-spots. The issue is no longer Wi-Fi access, but Wi-Fi service. It can be very frustrating for travelers who find a very poor or nonexistent Internet service at a hotel that advertises "High-Speed" Bandwidth. Some are starting to blame the iPad.

In a recent New York Times article, iBAHN, an Internet provider for hotels and the meeting industry blames iPads for poor Wi-Fi service at hotels. They say the iPad consumes more than four times the amount of bandwidth than an average smart-phone. But is this the whole story?

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iOS 4.3 - Personal Hotspot Rocks

March 25, 2011 07:16 by: E. Werner Reschke   4 Comments

Categories: Products , Review

Tagged: 3G , Hotspot , iOS , iPhone , Wi-Fi

Persona Hotspot, iOSApple's rollout of iOS 4.3 a few weeks ago seemed like a ho-hum, second-fiddle announcement compared to the launch of iPad 2. While we all welcome updates to operating system software — well, those updates that improve our lives — iOS 4.3 was pretty much a yawner...

...until I started using Personal Hotspots.

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