There is nothing more annoying to me than going into a hotel and having to pay for an internet service. To me that is like the lights, the bathroom and the bed – it should be part of the price. What is even more irksome is the wide variance in price. At my latest European hotel they want 15 euros for 24 hours (6 euros for an hour).

So for the first time I did not pay. Instead, I hooked my handy 3G ready device to the laptop via USB and off I go. I just won’t be downloading huge files – and it is fast enough (especially when Outlook is in cached mode, as I will not be surfing the web).

It did make me reflect on how easy it is via wireless … for a short moment. Then the network started giving me ‘Waiting for network errors’ and timing out.

I paid the 15 euros.