I always have an access point and wire with me when I travel because of this, but Marriot and Hilton hotels I've visited in the last year did not have working w

I always have an access point and wire with me when I travel because of this, but Marriot and Hilton hotels I've visited in the last year did not have working wired Internet, despite having the port built into the desk. A Marriot in Seattle gave me link but no address. I followed the ethernet cable behind the desk to a DSL style modem that connected to the hotel's phone system. I checked it out and essentially, instead of running Cat5 wire, they re-used the phone lines and were basically doing in-house DSL to each room. I called the front desk and was told that they had discontinued their wired internet. Other Marriots and Hiltons I've tried since didn't even have the little device there, just a sad ethernet cable hanging down from the desk. Thankfully, my current job provides a hotspot, so most of the time I just use that. The cost of the room and wifi don't bother, it's the fact that the speeds are horrible during non-peak times and non-existant during peak times.