Steve Litt writes:
> What's wrong with 8.8.8.8? It's Google's public DNS, and for me, it
> always works.

Didn't work for me at the captive portal in the hotel I was in two weeks
ago.

There are two kinds of hotel networks that block 8.8.8.8: Hotels in China,
and ones that block all DNS except their own, just so they can serve you a
stupid redirect to their stupid login page.

Arnt