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dstell   09-02-2002 at 06:10:54 AM

I have come up with the first ever THGC Networking challenge. We will have a prize for the the best answer in this thread. At this time, I have not determined what the prize will be, but it will be something network related for sure. (Perhaps a router or a wireless network card --- something like that.)

Here is how the challenge will work -

Your THG editors are always on the road and since my last experience with lack of broadband in my hotel at Quakecon (I had to drive back to Quakecon every night to use the broadband at Quakecon to file my stories), I have been looking for good accurate lists of wired and wireless broadband in hotels and airports accross the US.

You missision is to find the best link that contains the best and more current information on hotels that have broadband access.

Yes, it is pretty simple. You look around on the web and find the best link that you can find that provides an accurate list of hotels around the US (or world) that have broadband access. It can be a list, resource, or site.

For Example - (No one can use this one, since I am providing it as an example)

http://www.wayport.net/locations

You post a message in this offical thread in the forum with the link to your resource.

The contest starts 9/1/02 and runs till 9/30/02.

I will announce the winner in this thread and arrange the shipping of the prize to the winner with the best suggestion posted here.

My decision is final and THG can not be held responsible for late or mis-directed posts. All offical enteries must be made in this thread. All off topic disussions will be deleted.

So fire up your search engines and find the best resource and win a prize!

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by dstell on 09/02/02 01:49 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-02-2002 at 07:09:29 AM
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<A HREF="http://www.boingo.com/" target="_new">Boingo</A> offers wireless internet access <A HREF="http://www.boingo.com/search.html" target="_new">in over 650 locations</A>, including hundreds of Wi-Fi hotspots in airports, hotels, and cafes.

Disregard my previous post.

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-02-2002 at 07:17:57 AM
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<A HREF="http://www.guest-tek.com/" target="_new">GuestTek</A> provides high-speed Internet access for hotels located in <A HREF="http://www.guest-tek.com/hotels.html" target="_new">Canada, USA, France, and Australia</A>.

Disregard my previous post.

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-02-2002 at 08:20:58 AM
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STSN offers <A HREF="http://www.stsn.com/index.html" target="_new">broadband services for hotels</A>.



Disregard my previous post.

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-02-2002 at 08:29:17 AM
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If you like coffe, <A HREF="http://www.t-mobile.com/hotspot/" target="_new">T-Mobile HotSpot</A> offers wireless internet in <A HREF="http://locations.hotspot.t-mobile.com/" target="_new">hundreds of Starbucks locations in the US</A>.

Disregard my previous post.

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Dantin1   09-02-2002 at 04:19:02 PM
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Here you can look up almost every motel in the nation along with their perks. Also you can search some other countries as well. <A HREF="http://www.yellowpages.com/" target="_new">http://www.yellowpages.com/</A> "How can 6 Million Users be wrong?" *grin*

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Dantin1 on 09/02/02 06:42 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Dantin1   09-02-2002 at 04:31:07 PM
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Here you can search by state or country. <A HREF="http://www.searchhotels.com/" target="_new">http://www.searchhotels.com/</A> By keywords! Pretty nifty.

Dantin


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Dantin1 on 09/02/02 06:43 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Dantin1   09-02-2002 at 04:39:53 PM
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This one has an advanced search algorithym. <A HREF="http://www.all-hotels.com/xbook/servlet/searchable-data" target="_new">http://www.all-hotels.com/xbook/servlet/searchable-data</A> Nationally or worldwide. 60,000 Motels + Hotels worldwide.
You can specifically search for what your looking for in a hotel or motel.

Dantin


<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Dantin1 on 09/02/02 06:44 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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Dantin1   09-02-2002 at 09:50:04 PM
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This has gotta top them all this site has only hotels or motels with internet access accross the nation and Europe as well. <A HREF="http://www.wired-lodging.com/" target="_new">http://www.wired-lodging.com/</A>
I won face it.. LOL just joking.

Dantin

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jihiggs   09-03-2002 at 12:00:51 AM
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http://www.geektools.com/geektels/ - 2289 hotels around the world
http://www.stsn.com/index.html - search engine for hotels with broadband installed by stsn (several countrys)


how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-03-2002 at 12:14:23 AM
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>>http://www.stsn.com/index.html - search engine for hotels with broadband installed by stsn (several countrys)

sorry, jihiggs, but i already posted this one =)

Disregard my previous post.

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jihiggs   09-03-2002 at 12:59:50 AM
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i dont like this game

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-03-2002 at 01:18:16 AM
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lol!

Disregard my previous post.

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FatBurger   09-04-2002 at 12:38:24 AM
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Quote :

sorry, jihiggs, but i already posted this one =)

Disregard my previous post.



But you withdrew that entry, you said right after "Disregard my previous post.".

<font color=blue>Hi mom!</font color=blue>

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Stick_e_Mouse   09-04-2002 at 12:55:40 AM
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;-p

Disregard my previous post.

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dstell   09-04-2002 at 02:13:03 AM
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Well will assume that is his tag line and allow his entries to stand. :)

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jihiggs   09-04-2002 at 03:04:44 AM
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the sucky thing is, i started working on finding them, then somthing came up and didnt get back to it till the next day, the post was there and i never submited it.

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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Robertl   09-06-2002 at 12:37:33 PM
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Try using a Wi-Fi card a yagi antenna and a tripod and "borrow" the internet from someone its not hard to do in big citys.I know it might be immoral or just plain wrong to do, but free temp broadband is always nice ;)

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dstell   09-15-2002 at 01:41:43 AM
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Well, the contest is almost half way over and we seem to have stalled at suggestions.

Keep those suggestions coming in as you still have till the 30th, before I pick a winner.

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jihiggs   09-15-2002 at 07:19:34 PM
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http://www.broadbandhospitality.com/hotels.html
this one has a pretty good list

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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jihiggs   09-15-2002 at 07:22:46 PM
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http://www.wayport.com/locations
another

just noticed that one is void!

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by jihiggs on 09/29/02 12:15 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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dstell   09-29-2002 at 09:25:34 AM
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Time Is Almost Up... If anyone wants to add anything, now might be the time.

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jihiggs   09-29-2002 at 07:50:42 PM
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http://www.80211hotspots.com/
here is a good one,
80211hotspots.com is the leading resource for finding wireless access points around the world. Thousands of locations are listed and new sites are added daily. To learn more about 802.11 networking, visit 80211-Planet.com.

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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jihiggs   09-29-2002 at 11:15:28 PM
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along the lines of roberts idea heres a cool program i found
http://www.netstumbler.com/downloa [...] erby=hitsD

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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jihiggs   09-29-2002 at 11:32:31 PM
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http://cybercaptive.com/pia.shtml
lots of links to places with searches

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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dstell   10-01-2002 at 05:07:00 AM
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--- The CONTEST Is Now Closed ---

We have a WINNER!

It was close, almost too close, but based on quality of answers/links Stick_e_Mouse our Faithful Poster is the winner.

Stick_e_Mouse will have his choice of two or three network type prizes and once he makes his selection, I will post which prize he choose. - (If Stick_e_Mouse has not read his private messages on the board yet, he isn't aware of this...)

Thanks for all of your hardwork and research and look forward to seeing another contest at some point in the future, you never know which group it will be in.

Thanks!

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by dstell on 09/30/02 11:11 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

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jihiggs   10-01-2002 at 06:14:01 AM
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congratulations stickey!

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal

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Stick_e_Mouse   10-01-2002 at 06:59:34 AM
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thanks dude!

Disregard my previous post.

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Stick_e_Mouse   10-01-2002 at 07:00:42 AM
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whooohoo!!
this is the first time i've ever won anything!!!

thanks THG and thanks David!!! (i sent you an email).

Disregard my previous post.

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dstell   10-01-2002 at 07:38:27 AM
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I have been in contact with Stick_e_Mouse and he went with the D-Link DI-604 Firewall/Router from the fine people at D-Link.

Once again, thanks for all of the fun with the contest and of course if you have additional contest ideas, let me know.

Thanks!

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