Weblog of Wesley Fryer

I’m staying here in Austin for the TCEA conference at a local Holiday Inn, which advertises “free high-speed Internet access in all guest rooms.” The connection speed is so excruciatingly slow, I did a quick Internet Frog Speed Test. Here is the result:

It is SERIOUSLY misleading to call this “high-speed Internet access.” This is slower than a 14.4 modem!!! I wonder if people are downloading videos and music files from P2P file sharing networks at the hotel, or if something else is going on. Quite frustrating! Thankfully I don’t have to work online much to get ready for tomorrow’s presentation.

On this day..

• Avoid Cellphone Text Messaging Scams with free Purchase Blocker Feature - 2012
• Podcast225: The K-12 Online Conference - Free, World-Class Professional Development for Educators about Web 2.0 Tools for Learning - 2008
• The Balancing Act: Juggling the Demands of Emerging Technology - 2007
• District website blocking policies - 2006
• Naburr bridging the digital divide - 2006
• Video on $100 laptop - 2006
• Google aims at the desktop - 2006
• Free ideas & Pedagogy - 2006
• EduBlog 2005 awards - 2006
• Power of One-to-One Computing - 2006