How spoiled I have become (together with many of you here
)...
"Spoiled" with
broadband access to the Internet.
Right now I am in a cheap motel in Coral Gables (Miami), Florida connected via a regular modem and the dslreports.com site (the server here in Miami) tells me that I am connected at 22Kbps!
Probably a combination of the hotel and its telephone cabling being very old, and BellSouth indifference.
I saw in their website "
Free High Speed Internet Access!". They were not lying but it's all
wireless.
I know that in an old dump like this wireless makes a lot of sense but I was expecting a wired Ethernet LAN connection as I get in modern hotels.
I have nothing against wireless but (1) I don't know who's staying in the next room(s) and (2) I don't have time to research the particular configuration.
So I didn't bother bringing my wireless PC card adapter for this old notebook. The new notebook that I have does have a built-in b/g adapter but I didn't want to bring it.
Of course this is a (short) business trip and no vacation...