#KOMED internet experience: getting it to work is hard, but it is FAST
Posted by jpluimers on 2011/09/10
Highspeed internet at KOMED is quite a different experience from Swisscom hotel internet at the NH Köln hotel yesterday:
- Following the PayPal link at their [Wayback] datenwelt.de redirection site does not work: it times out.
- After twisting some peoples arms, I was allowed to get a “Konferenzpass”.
That one works at once, and is blindingly fast compared to yesterday; see the screenshot below.
When trying to find my way towards the KOMED conference rooms, I had a weird experience: rooms 1..5 (called RAUM EINZ, ZWEI, DREI, VIER und FÜNF in German), you could see room 1, 2, 4 and 5 from the ground floor as they were marked with large friendly letters on the same wall as their doors, very well visible from the ground floor.
Not so with room 3 (where I had to be): that marking was on the wall 90 degrees off the door, not visible from the floor. Actually, it was only visible when you were actually standing next to the door. From the ground floor, the door looks like a fire door continuing the curved corridor in front of rooms 1 and 2.
Someone should put “RAUM DREI” above the door to Room 3 there.
Back to the internet at KOMED: the speed is a pleasant experience compared to what Swisscom provided yesterday.This was the attained speed:
–jeroen
Via: [Wayback] UPC Speedtest.
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