Hotels keep old things alive. Phones in the room. Actual land lines. There is still the occasional motel with a “Color TV” or “air conditioned” sign. I just saw a guy walk into the breakfast area with a newspaper. Some hotels provide the last refuge of that dying medium.

Hotel wifi is the latest fossil to hang on. I almost always have a carrier internet connection now. Hotel wifi is slow and clunky, and sometimes they charge for it — or offer “faster” connection to “honors” club members. My phone’s own connection is usually much better.

Why do hotels accumulate technological fossils?