[johnfowles]

Originally Posted by johnfowles

OK Steve I am replying briefly using my "wondertoy" Nokia N800 on a rather tenuous free unsecured connection in the money grabbing downtown Chicago Sheraton.which will probably be the last hotel in the US providing free internet access not a recommended hotel.

I omitted to mention other profitering charges at the Sh... Hotel
As well as a high $11.25 per 24 hours for internet access , there were no free phone calls except room to room and local or "toll free" calls racked up a charge of $2.25 per minute for ten minutes and 10cents/minute thereafter. But those charges pale into insignificence compared to use of the (non) gold plated 3 computers in the "Business" Center.
I gathered that merely sitting in front of one even if not using the internet I would be charged a ridiculous 60 cents per minute ($36.00 per hour). No thank you very much!!
To be fair as a magnanimous gesture the Business Center actually allowed you to use a computer for nowt to print out an airline boarding passes for which you were allowed a staggering 3 minutes to complete!!