Free wifi in Vegas?

[bav]

It used to be hard to find any internet access for any price in Vegas hotels. They were VERY VERY late in joining the party, almost like they didn't want people sitting in the room web surfing or playing online poker. I was staying in rinky dink Super8 motels in the midwest that had free Internet a few years back, but when I went to Vegas they had none available most places. The Orleans finally got it (for $10/day) and kinda became my goto place for a year, or so. I presume by now almost everybody has it available, but it's probably not free at many major strip properties.

[Ace-Ex]

http://www.wififreespot.com/nev.html

[bav]

From the wifi free spot link, the only on-strip locations I see in my quick scan:

Apple Store - and nearby area outside store - Fashion Show Mall
Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf - Aladdin hotel- miracle mile shopping area
Krispy Kreme - inside Excalibur Casino
Saks Fifth Avenue - Fashion Show Mall

[Siegmund]

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Really?!! It seems the nicer the hotel, the more it charges for wireless Internet.[snip] Those places also charged for overnight parking, $1 local calls, etc.


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Yes, my experience is the same... by "average to nice" I was intending to mean "fine, but not fancy." I have been making much more liberal use of hotel comment cards since the Internet got big, incidentally, letting know that is a factor in whether they will get repeat business from me.

[TheNoodleMan]

I'd just like to take a moment to commend the Las Vegas airport for having free wifi.

I had a layover in Detroit recently and they wanted something like $9 for a day pass access which would be outrageous enough but is even more absurd considering most people will only actually be there for an hour or two.

[CaptHomer]

You get free internet (not wireless) at the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas. Haven't found any on the Strip at any hotel I have stayed at before.

[scotnt73]

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I'd just like to take a moment to commend the Las Vegas airport for having free wifi.

I had a layover in Detroit recently and they wanted something like $9 for a day pass access which would be outrageous enough but is even more absurd considering most people will only actually be there for an hour or two.

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they charge that much because they can. they have a trapped customer base. if im alone on a flight ill gladly fork over 9$ if im there for 2 hours or more and i dont have a good book with me or im traveling a LONG way and am tired of reading books and magazines.

Hotels on the other hand I will shop around for the free wifi ones or at least free internet in the room. its allot harder to shop around for an airport to layover in.

[peterchi]

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I'd just like to take a moment to commend the Las Vegas airport for having free wifi.

I had a layover in Detroit recently and they wanted something like $9 for a day pass access which would be outrageous enough but is even more absurd considering most people will only actually be there for an hour or two.

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they charge that much because they can. they have a trapped customer base. if im alone on a flight ill gladly fork over 9$ if im there for 2 hours or more and i dont have a good book with me or im traveling a LONG way and am tired of reading books and magazines.

Hotels on the other hand I will shop around for the free wifi ones or at least free internet in the room. its allot harder to shop around for an airport to layover in.

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A comment on DTW -- I was there once after missing a flight and going on standby for the next one in 5 hours. I paid for their internet, fired up Full Tilt, and got disconnected repeatedly.

It was good enough for checking e-mail so I just did that and watched movies, but still disappointing.

[FCBLComish]

2 great spots for free wifi in Vegas... The Airport and the Convention Center.

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A couple of comments on WiFi, based on my experience in Vegas for the Series in July.

(By way of establishing my WiFi credentials; I travel on business typically 4 days per week, and I probably access public WiFi networks at least 20 times per month. If it is accessible, I usually manage to connect to it!)

Starbucks does indeed have solid WiFi, not only in Vegas, but pretty much across the country, but at a price. They run a T-Mobile network that costs approximately $20/day.

I tried and failed to access the "free WiFi" in the Krispy Kreme at the Excal. I don't know whether it was just down the day that I tried it, or that it doesn't actually exist anymore.

I tried to access the WiFi service at the Imperial Palace without success. In fact, I wasted a good chunk of time on the phone to their customer support service trying to trouble shoot why it didn't work.

Generally speaking, I definitely get the impression, as posted elsewhere, that the hotels and resorts in Vegas are not really that keen to provide WiFi, even at a hefty price, as it distracts punters from other, more lucrative pastimes.