Hotel Internet systems struggling to keep up with demand

A Yahoo article talks about the state of Hotel Guest Networks.

The ubiquity of wireless-capable products, from laptops to iPhones, is drowning many of the networks installed in hotels, convention centers, and other places where techies and businessfolk congregate. Now it's gotten to the point where meetings are being moved because bandwidth can't keep up with demand. The problem is twofold: First, many hotels installed T1 lines a decade ago, and their 1.5Mbps performance was fine back then for the smattering of guests using the system to check email and read headlines. But today, usage has skyrocketed -- not just the number of users but what they're doing online, too: Downloading apps, watching high-def video, P2P, streaming music all day. Those poor T1s, never upgraded, just can't keep up.

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