Worldroom Connect provides Internet access through an Ethernet port and a local area network, which eliminates the need for tedious dial-up connections. Roaming services will be history. And the hotel is happy because its PBX isn't bogged down by data traffic, which the PBX wasn't designed for anyway. If Worldroom Connect is a good deal for hotels, it's an even better deal for business travelers. It involves no reconfiguration of the laptop computer, so a business travellelr simply plugs his or her computer into the Ethernet port provided and the technology does the rest.
Connectivity is established immediately.
The comparison with the cost of dial up connectivity must be made. The typical business traveler will connect to the Internet from his or her hotel room twice a day for about half an hour each time to download and upload e-mail, perhaps perform file transfers and carry out some work on the Web. They can therefore be transmitted simultaneously with the right technology without interfering with each other. Worldroom Connect has other benefits as well. Imagine 15 analysts from GE Capital conducting due diligence in Manila.