Today, I walked most of downtown Madrid on a hunt for wireless internet.
It continues to amaze me how nearly impossible it is to get wireless internet in the city.
The Starbucks I visited yesterday uses a shared hosting service. I couldn´t connect.
I walked by it today and tried to connect with the iPhone. The connection immediately worked.
Amazed, I sat down on the sidewalk and pulled out my laptop. The same problem as yesterday: wifi
signal is fine but the hosting service webpage where one logs in would not open.
Several newspaper kiosks broadcast wireless service, also through a hosting agency. I tried again
both devices and both worked! Sadly, there were not any places to sit and this particular kiosk is
in a very busy pedestrian area. Anyway, I kept walking and again tried a nearer my hostal. This kiosk´s
internet service didn´t work at all (I asked the vendor).
Like a zombie searching for brains, I walk around Madrid looking for functional internet access. Hello, 1990´s.
Update!
So, this is wonderful! The hostal uses two PCs from the Clinton administration for 'guest use.' I will upload a photo of them later. You all must see the keyboard. Anyway, I pulled out the ethernet cable from one and connected it to my laptop. Instant internet access. Huzzah!
Now I can post proper vacation entries. Geez.
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