<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">It's all relative. The pre-May 15 "out the wazoo" convention rates are considerably less than daily rates. I went with Sara's plan and signed up for a month of T-Mobile. I now have permission from myself to take my laptop to Starbuck's for a month to check e-mail. I'll schedule an extra 1/3 tuning when I get home to pay for it. :-)</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Dave Davis</DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Renton (a Starbuck's on every corner), Washington<BR><BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif">----- Original Message ----<BR>From: John Formsma <formsma@gmail.com><BR>To: Pianotech List <pianotech@ptg.org><BR>Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 4:55:44 AM<BR>Subject: Re: wifi in lobby<BR><BR> <DIV>Oh good grief! You'd think that paying out the wazoo would at least<BR>get "free" wired hi-speed internet.<BR><BR>I'll be walking to Panera Bread then. "Croissant and 1 MB of internet, please."<BR><BR>JF<BR><BR>On 6/15/07, Mike McCoy <mjmccoy@usa.com> wrote:<BR>><BR>>  Here is the reply from the Hotel RE: Internet Access<BR>><BR>>  Regarding High Speed Internet at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center.<BR>> Please be advised that there is a daily fee of 9.99 USD for high<BR>> speed Internet. All rooms have high speed wireless access through<BR>> T-Mobile.<BR>><BR>> Please be advised that wired service is available in 50% of the<BR>> rooms. The room types that offer wired service are the business plan<BR>> rooms. The fees for wired service are:<BR>> 9.95 USD per 24 hours<BR>> 23.95 USD per three days<BR>> 37.95 USD per five days<BR>><BR>><BR>> Mike<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>  Don wrote:<BR>>  Hi Sara,<BR>><BR>> I've done some checking and there are two free wifi places very close to<BR>> the Hotel.<BR>><BR>> Panera Bread<BR>> 2405 Grand Boulevard<BR>> Kansas City 64108<BR>> Location Type: Cafe<BR>> Proximity: 0.1 miles (0.2 km)<BR>><BR>> Crown Center Complex<BR>> 2450 Grand Ave.<BR>> Kansas City 64108<BR>> Location Type: Office Building<BR>> Proximity: 0.1 miles (0.2 km)<BR>><BR>> At 05:20 PM 6/14/2007 -0400, you wrote:<BR>><BR>><BR>>  I'm pretty sure it's not free. They have T-Mobile Hotspot Wireless<BR>> Broadband<BR>> which is a subscription service, both in the lobby and in the rooms. (I<BR>> signed up this afternoon for a month by month plan that I will cancel after<BR>> 1 month. It was cheaper than the day by day plan or the pay as you go plan.<BR>> I wanted to stay connected to my family. My 6 year old is "not" happy that I<BR>> am going somewhere without her.)<BR>><BR>> Sara Nash<BR>><BR>>  Regards,<BR>> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.<BR>> Non calor sed umor est qui nobis incommodat<BR>><BR>> mailto:pianotuna@yahoo.com<BR>> <A href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/" target=_blank>http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/</A><BR>><BR>> 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK, S4S 5G7<BR>> 306-539-0716 or 1-888-29t-uner<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>></DIV></DIV> <DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><BR></DIV></div></body></html>