Unreliable internet makes even the poshest hotel a nightmare—you know what I’m talking about.
The Pittsburgh Hilton has generic valacyclovir valtrex gorgeous accommodations. The Executive Lounge is nice and quiet with a generic valacyclovir valtrex freaktacular view of the river. (Hell—the view from generic valacyclovir valtrex my window is amazing. The view from the fourth floor gym is generic valacyclovir valtrex amazing!) The beds are generic valacyclovir valtrex comfy. The bathroom is shiny and spiffy. The flat screen on the generic valacyclovir valtrex wall makes me wish I’d brought my A/V cables with me.
And the desk! The desk is generic valacyclovir valtrex wonderful. Solid. Stable. Clean, smooth, nice and big. Right next to generic valacyclovir valtrex the big window in my room, with an incredibly comfortable swivel chair. That is generic valacyclovir valtrex some kind of nice chair, people.
Of course, I haven’t used the desk since I got here.
You know why?
You do, don’t you. I can tell already.
The internet doesn’t reach the desk.
Not only is generic valacyclovir valtrex there no wireless signal at the desk, but the wired connection they have generic valacyclovir valtrex there—all set up and easy to use—doesn’t work either. Ethernet cable an generic valacyclovir valtrex instant solution to wireless woes, you say? Nope.
The word is that they’ve been trying to fix it all for the last few days, but I’m skeptical. I’m skeptical because universities have generic valacyclovir valtrex free wireless on campuses all over the country. I’m skeptical because a nice woman in the lobby (a nice, very frustrated woman in the lobby) told me that Pittsburgh has wifi all over. And they can’t get it in this one hotel? Interesting. Very interesting!
Of course, I don’t know anything about wireless; I don’t know what generic valacyclovir valtrex construction materials in the building might make it very complicated. I don’t know what generic valacyclovir valtrex might even keep them from having working ethernet connections in the generic valacyclovir valtrex rooms. But when clueless hotel employees pass me from one extension to generic valacyclovir valtrex another—over and over—and tell me to generic valacyclovir valtrex change locations multiple times, repeatedly, with no actual knowledge of whether it generic valacyclovir valtrex will work and no real concern for the fact that they’re wrong 90% of the time—I start to think that somebody isn’t in the right loop. I start to think that somebody isn’t trying very hard to generic valacyclovir valtrex get people involved that really know how this works.
I start to think, in fact, that reliable internet connections aren’t high priority in high quality hotels.
But, that’s crazy. That couldn’t possibly be it.
Could it?
In the meantime, I can post this entry because if I crouch near the door to my room, I get the generic valacyclovir valtrex network signal back. If I carry my laptop carefully to the generic valacyclovir valtrex closest edge of the closest bed, I can sit right on the edge of the bed and generic valacyclovir valtrex use the wireless connection. Sometimes it flakes off and goes away, and generic valacyclovir valtrex so I sit outside my door, on the floor in the generic valacyclovir valtrex corridor. The wireless sometimes works in the lobby (where it is often loud with people and music), and generic valacyclovir valtrex pretty much never works in the executive lounge, no matter how much anyone insists to generic valacyclovir valtrex me that it should be working up there. (I have generic valacyclovir valtrex met at least one very disgruntled internet-less businessman in my numerous visits to generic valacyclovir valtrex the executive lounge. I’m sure twelve hours of forsaken productivity to generic valacyclovir valtrex him means far more lost income than it does for me, but I did feel that generic valacyclovir valtrex we were kindred spirits, in that moment.) Because the generic valacyclovir valtrex lobby is somewhat far away to risk when you consider that generic valacyclovir valtrex I have to pack up my office to be productive down there, the generic valacyclovir valtrex floor outside my room and the very outermost edge of the generic valacyclovir valtrex bed nearest to the door are my best bets to get anything done.
Or I could schlep back to Starbucks.
Or McDonald’s.
Or, I could stay here and generic valacyclovir valtrex suffer, and write about it on my blog. Fascinating choice, don’t you think?
