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# Civilization = broadband; Advanced civilization = wifi
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2004227civilization-broadband-advanced-civilization-wifi-html/
- Published: 2004-02-27T01:58:54.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:36:08.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Technology, #DashHouseCom, #wp

I’m in Boston starting Sunday for two weeks for the first residency of my [D.Min.](http://www.gordonconwell.edu/dmin/index.php?ref=dashhouse.com) On a whim, I phoned the [hotel](http://www.homewood-suites.com/en/hw/hotels/index.jhtml;jsessionid=5GKOZCTIFYSJICSGBIYM22QKIYFCXUUC?ctyhocn=BOSHWHW&ref=dashhouse.com) today to check that they had broadband. In my mind, this is like asking a hotel if their rooms come with beds and running water. Why wouldn’t a hotel have broadband? What kind of joint wouldn’t? I found out that they don’t have broadband now, but it’s being installed Saturday. If all goes well, it will be up and running by the time I arrive on Sunday. If all doesn’t go well…