Fort Chiswell, Virginia. Not exactly a place that'd make you think "wifi hotspot". No, the Comfort Inn in which we're comfortably staying does not have broadband. Across the highway, and down the road, though, is a Flying J truck plaza. A Wifi-enabled truck plaza. With a pretty strong signal that reaches the comfortable bed in the Comfort Inn. Probably 3/4-mile distance. $4.95 for 24 hours of access. Rock! Flying J is your friend.

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"flyingj"  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:0B:FD:C8:B0:46  
          Bit Rate:1Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3  
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:31/92  Signal level:-75 dBm  Noise level:-106 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:122
          Tx excessive retries:448  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0