I wouldn't judge UMA too much if you were trying to use it last week. Like you said it was out from the 7th to the 12th.

However, the weak signal in hotels got me thinking a while back, as well, so I bought one of these.

Works great!


Linksys WTR54GS Travel Router. Takes any wired or wired internet connection and gives you your own wireless signal in your hotel room.