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Definitely Do Not Do in Vegas: Pay $5 at an Internet Kiosk

We don't expect everyone visiting Las Vegas to come equipped with their laptops or iPads and we understand that there are quite a few folk who don't have smartphones (old people, hipster luddites) but one thing we'd hate to see any of you do is hand over $5 for an Internet kiosk, like this one at Caesars Palace.

For a minimum of $5 at .35 cents a minute, you can browse the Internet while standing up outside of Old Homestead. For an additional $.50 cents, you can print out whatever page you are looking at.

Egads. This blows our mind. Maybe (maybe) if we were in an emergency situation without our iPhone and needed to access our email to track down some important confirmation number or phone number, would we consider an Internet kiosk.

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WiFi in Vegas: Can You Get Online Now?

Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it barely works, even though you paid for it. WiFi in Vegas is a mixed bag and not even Siri can direct us to the best hotspots, free or paid. But, you can.

VegasChatter is compiling its first-ever Vegas WiFi Guide and we want to hear from you -- where do you like it, where do you hate it and where are the spots to find it for free?

Back when The Cosmo offered free WiFi, we found it to be hit and miss. Over at the Venetian, the WiFi that we paid for in our room was so bad that we went down to the food court for the free hotspot that was sooo much better. (The Venetian is making improvements, tho.) And, we're happy that CityCenter offers free WiFi throughout its campus, but why can't we ever get any of our apps to work?

So let's hear it -- give us your best and your worst Internet experiences in Vegas. Just email your tales to us at tips@vegaschatter.com or leave them in the comments below!

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Coming Soon: Free WiFi to the Las Vegas Convention Center

Wired business travelers may have one less expense to keep track of next year if the business at hand takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Sometime early in the New Year, the LVCC will begin offering free WiFi in all of its public spaces. The one scary bit, though, is that the system sounds like it won't be able to handle more than basic emailing and Interneting. If you want to get any real work done, a "premium connection" will be available for $12.95 a day.

(Photo: bvents.com)

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The Cosmopolitan Disconnects Complimentary WiFi

We can't say we're curious as to why, but we are pretty disappointed to hear that The Cosmopolitan has pulled the plug on complimentary WiFi throughout the resort.

A call to the hotel's main line (and another to the reservation line 'cause we're paranoid like that) confirms that if you want to dial in, you'll need to fork over $15 per 24-hour period. We understand the sizeable revenue stream that charging for Internet can generate, but we wonder if this move is to stave off having to renege on the resort's promise to never charge a resort fee?

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Hit Up the Food Court By Check-In at The Venetian for Free WiFi

Longtime VegasChatter readers know about our obsession with finding free WiFi but during a recent trip to the Venetian it became clear to us how important it is to know exactly where to go to find free WiFi.

See, we booked a conference rate for the hotel and that meant that resort fee was optional. Yay! All we had to do was pay $12.95 for the in-room WiFi. Which we did. And which we promptly asked for the hotel to refund at check-out because the signal was so abysmal in our room.

To be fair, it was slightly better when we set up our laptop at the table near the window but every so often it would short out for about 10 minutes, making simple work tasks, like downloading email, impossible.

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Where To Find Free WiFi In Vegas

It pained us to do so, but recently we had to cut our beloved Internet tethering (five out of five co-workers approved of and piggy-backed off it) via our iPhone. $45 bucks a month was just too much for a tightened household budget so now it's Starbucks and any other free WiFi hotspot we can find in Vegas.

For this week's VegasChatter Flashback, a reminder (for us as well as you) on where to access free Internet on The Strip:

●Glorious! The Wynn Adds More Free WiFi Hot Spots
●Where the Window Shopping is Swank and the WiFi is Free
●Get Free WiFi With Your Quinoa Sandwich at Whole Foods at Town Square
●Would You Like a Happy Meal with Your Free WiFi?
●Free WiFi Found at Venetian
●Beat It Downtown for Cofee, WiFi and More

Since we work on the go more often than not, we're on a mission to add to our collection of free WiFi finds. Know of some already? Share them in the comments below!

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Two Cool Things We Discovered at Planet Hollywood While Getting Hot Joe

A couple weeks ago, we mentioned The Beat as one of our new favorite coffee shops and a good excuse for us to head downtown. We can listen to cool music, grab a good cup of coffee and use their WiFi. We dig all of that.

One morning at Planet Hollywood, in desperate need of coffee, we found something old had returned to Starbucks along with something new. Returning was a quick skip line for Diamond Total Rewards card holders. The lines are about 20-30 minutes long in the early morning making this is one of our favorite perks of being a Diamond card holder.

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Beat It Downtown for Coffee, WiFi and More

We love coffee and we're almost always connected to the Internet so combining the two is a must for us whether we're home or away. This is why we like to know where to find free WiFi in Vegas.

Recently, we found a new favorite place to grab a really good cup of coffee and free WiFi. For almost a year, we've been seeing people tweet or had others tell us that we need to check out The Beat in Downtown Vegas and we finally decided to head there one day for a mega-session of coffee and email catch up.

We were greeted by a super friendly staff, good coffee and some 70s rock on vinyl. The tagline on their website really sums The Beat up perfectly "Downtown Las Vegas. Independent Coffee. Vinyl. Handcrafted Food. Beer. Wine. Community."

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Where The Window Shopping Is Swank And The WiFi Is Free

Since Las Vegas hotels are notorious for charging steep internet rates in the rooms, we're keeping a running tab of places on The Strip where you can get free WiFi. Know of any hotspots we don't? Tip us off here.

For the emptiest ritzest mall in town, we were a bit surprised the other day to find Crystals at CityCenter now offers something for free that other resorts are charging outrageous prices for -- WiFi.

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Harrah's Says 'No Soup For You' (Well, When It Comes to Free WiFi)

At VegasChatter we're all pretty much geeks that never leave home without a computer. And here in Vegas, we're getting so used to free WiFi as part of the controversial resort fees that we've grown accustom to having WiFi whenever and wherever we want to.

Alas, Harrah's properties don't charge a resort fee so when it comes to WiFi, all of their properties vary in their offerings. Some like Planet Hollywood have free WiFi hotspots throughout (like at Earl's Sandwiches) and some don't, as we recently learned at the namesake Harrah's Hotel and Casino.

We were sad to find out that even with multiple Starbucks locations inside the casino there is no free WiFi on the premises whatsoever. Instead we would have to fork over $12.95 per day just to get on the old information superhighway.

But we've come up with a solution--instead of paying Harrah's, we'll walk next door and snag the good stuff from the Venetian. Go here to see where the Italians offer it for free. And then go here to see where else you can get it free in Vegas.

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Scoping Out the WiFi Options at The Venetian and Planet Hollywood

Today, we have a special guest post from EastCoastGambler who details his harrowing WiFi experience on a recent trip to Vegas. Enjoy!

I usually don't mind paying for WiFi in my room if I plan on using it, but this trip to Vegas was for relaxing and that meant detaching from my computer as much as possible.

The $17.99 resort fee at The Venetian was optional, thanks to a slot tournament I was participating in, but that also meant I had to pay a la carte for WiFi service when I needed it. So I decided to scope out the free WiFi options at both The Venetian and Palazzo and further down the Strip at Planet Hollywood. Here's what I found:

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The Nosh is Good and WiFi Free at ZooZa Crackers

Yeah, the clientele is Wynn-y

Not that we have trust issues or anything, but when we heard the Wynn Las Vegas was adding more free WiFi spots on Friday, we thought we’d better check it out for ourselves. And specifically, check out this Zooza Crackers place, which we’d never actually eaten up, to make sure the fodder was up to scratch.

The verdict? Good WiFi and good fodder. Our laptop immediately connected to the Wynn Guest network (no password needed) and the connection was strong and fast, just as we like our internet.

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