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alt="" height="92" width="92"></a>If you've
stayed at a hotel recently - say for the Ohio
Library Council Convention - you may have
experienced wireless Internet service that
was...well, less than outstanding. In fact,
chances are good that you have experienced poor
WiFi service because many hotels are struggling
these days to keep up with demand. There's not
that much difference between hotel WiFi and
library WiFi; are your library patrons getting
good wireless Internet service, or is it time to
make some improvements?
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<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/business/ipads-change-economics-and-speed-of-hotel-wi-fi-on-the-road.html">IPads
change economics, and speed, of hotel Wi-Fi</a>
(New York Times/Joe Sharkey) "Studies conducted
for iBAHN indicate that while free Internet
service remains a big factor in choosing a
hotel, nearly two-thirds of business travelers
say they have encountered slow Internet
downloading in the last 12 months. Over
two-thirds said they would 'not return to a
hotel where they had a poor technology
experience,' iBAHN said."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://t-gaap.com/2011/10/28/dont-blame-the-ipad-for-poor-hotel-wi-fi-service">Don't
blame the iPad for poor hotel Wi-Fi service</a>
(T-GAAP/Karl Johnson) "One thing is for certain,
this is not about the iPad, it's about internet
usage. Blaming a product that efficiently uses
services hotels claim they do very well at
providing is just silly. Internet use will
accelerate with or without the iPad. In fact, it
is easier to get on the Internet with the iPad
than a laptop because of the iPad's 3G
connection. iPads with 3G may in fact be helping
the hotel situation rather than hurting it."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://gigaom.com/broadband/cisco-wifi-vni-report/">Wi-Fi
to overtake wired network traffic by 2015</a>
(GigaOM/Janko Roettgers) "The iPad and its newer
Android competitors have introduced a new class
of mobile devices that make cellular
connectivity optional. Studies have shown that <a
href="http://gigaom.com/apple/admob-survey-shows-what-the-ipad-is-good-for/">iPad
users mostly access the device within reach of
their home's Wi-Fi hotspot</a>, and <a
href="http://gigaom.com/mobile/poll-is-3g-a-must-for-tablets-or-will-wi-fi-do/">a
recent poll</a> by GigaOM's Mobilize showed
that <a
href="http://gigaom.com/mobile/why-samsungs-wifi-galaxy-tab-10-1-will-outsell-3g-models/%20">three
out of four consumers prefer a WiFi-only
tablet</a>."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.lodgingmagazine.com/PastIssues/PastIssues/Why-or-Why-Not-WiFi-2328.aspx">Why
or why not WiFi?</a> (Lodging/Kevin DiLallo,
Marc Lindsey, and David Rohde) "For example,
WiFi offload increases usage of a hotel's
existing WiFi infrastructure, which in turn may
increase WiFi support costs (e.g., more calls to
the support desk) and impair the performance and
availability of the Internet access for the
hotel's paying guests unless additional
bandwidth, switches, and access points are added
to handle the increased load."</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-size: 20px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><small><strong><em>Library
WiFi fact:</em></strong></small><br>
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<div style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">At last
count, 654 (over 90%) of the public library
buildings in Ohio offer free wireless Internet to
library visitors.
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