Hotel advertising ‘E Mail’ |

I suppose in 1995 - 1998 a hotel advertising ‘E Mail’ would have made better sense, but in 2006? Ok, maybe in the town of Ely, Nevada where things might not be completely current with the times, but ‘E Mail’? Advertise WiFi, or just web access, but E mail? Seriously? Maybe that’s all they offered was access to ‘E Mail’? Is this geek elitism rearing its ugly head criticizing this or am I missing something here?
Sort of like motels or hotels these days advertising ‘color TV.’ We didn’t stay in Ely, Nevada on our trip so no chance for me to try out this killer ‘E Mail’ thing. I’m sure it was the best E Mail ever.
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[…] I’ve liked what Topix.net has been doing for awhile, especially how it has treated posts at this blog. It does a good job of filing under the correct context keywords and prominently features the posts. One of the best ways to a site owner’s heart is to push traffic to them which Topix tries hard to do. Also they are blending mainstream media with blogs (and clearly denoting blog sources by a purple ‘b’). Check out last night’s post about E Mail in the screenshot above and note they cropped out a thumbnail of the picture I took and inserted it into the story. It really sticks out on the page. […]
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The only Internet service currently offered there is dial-up on a computer located in the lobby. The phone lines are antiquated, so is the owner.
Comment by If only you knew — November 3, 2006 @ 12:08 am PST