A Travel Tip - Free Hotel Wireless

I've found an easy and legit way to get wireless in a hotel room without having to pay for it.
Most hotels charge for internet connectivity in their rooms, but offer free connectivity in the lobby. Some hotels give you an hour for free in the lobby, some give you 24 hours, like the one I'm in right now. The paid option in the room is nearly always for 24 hours.
When you connect to the internet, either in the lobby or in the room, a timer is set counting down how much time you have left. The timer is the same for either scenario; the mechanism for setting the timer is the only difference, with the room connection requiring payment.
Working around this is simple.
Bring your laptop to the lobby, connect and sign in for free service, then, with the laptop still on and connected, head back to the room. The connection may need to be reset, but the timer will still show time remaining and will remain connected. Sometimes the hour given at the lobby becomes 24 hours in the room.
I've done this in a couple of hotels now, and have only paid for connectivity when I needed the bandwidth of a wired connection.

More to Come!

Things have been a little slow here at David Wilson Photography.
I've been working on other projects and not shooting a whole lot, but that changes starting this weekend!

I will be heading to Chicago for the St. Patrick's Day festivities as I did last year.
This year, it looks like I get to march in the parade, so I hope to get lots of behind-the-scenes shots.
After that, The Smoke have another dance and I plan on taking lots of photos there.

So stay tuned!