Topic

What hotel reviews say about wi-fi in New York, United States

Wi-Fi appears in 1.0% of analyzed complaint excerpts in this market.

Tripadvisor is below the baseline by 0.3 percentage points.

Confidence
44,696
Reviews analyzed
Last update
September 16, 2026
2 platforms in the sample

At a glance

Share of complaint snippets where this topic appears by platform.

This metric tracks topic presence in complaint snippets, not positive versus negative sentiment split.

Balance is praise minus complaint for this topic on the same platform.

Google Maps
Signal balance: +0.4pp

Complaint signal

1.1%

Praise signal

1.5%

Tripadvisor
Signal balance: +1.1pp

Complaint signal

0.8%

Praise signal

1.9%

How this market compares

Compare this subdivision with country-level Hotels patterns.

Largest gap: Tripadvisor is below baseline by 0.3 points.

Google Maps

Country baseline

0.9%

Tripadvisor

Country baseline

1.1%

Platform-by-platform signal

Compare complaint and praise mentions by source, including the available baseline.

Google Maps

Complaint signal is 1.1%.

Praise signal is 1.5%.

Baseline signal is 0.9%.

Delta vs baseline is 0.2 points.

Tripadvisor

Complaint signal is 0.8%.

Praise signal is 1.9%.

Baseline signal is 1.1%.

Delta vs baseline is -0.3 points.

Largest difference from baseline

This is the largest measured difference between the current market and its available baseline.

Tripadvisor

0.3pp below

Current signal is below baseline by 0.3 points (current 0.8%, baseline 1.1%).

Google Maps

0.2pp above

Current signal is above baseline by 0.2 points (current 1.1%, baseline 0.9%).

What reviewers keep mentioning

These themes appear most often in the analyzed excerpts for this market.

Google Maps Top complaints
$40 per night for Internet that I didn’t even use.
Google Maps Top complaints
1) The WiFi was so slow that it was basically unusable.
Google Maps Top complaints
2) Wifi barely worked from my room during my time there.
Google Maps Top praises
3) charged for costly wifi under different category that I needed his clarification.
Google Maps Top praises
77 Alley the restaurant connected to the hotel was top notch.
Google Maps Top praises
Access to the subway is great, it connects to almost all lines.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
Internet connection was poor.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
5.) The management had no regrets, didn't offer any compensation, they said they will connect, and have shamelessly done nothing about it, more than 2 months out.
Tripadvisor Top complaints
Absolutely the worst WiFi I have had in over 10 years.
Tripadvisor Top praises
Free wifi.
Tripadvisor Top praises
$44 dollar per night resort fee which includes WiFi and a daily option of breakfast at the attached bakery.
Tripadvisor Top praises
1920 and 1922 connected, one was a king, the other was a 2 queen.

Representative review quotes

These excerpts show the review language behind the measured signal.

Google Maps Complaint quote
Ageing facilities, overcrowded minuscule pool, overbooked so had to sleep on sofa for two nights, frequent miscommunications (lift blocked for hours but no obvious signs so people wait and wait with no one having thought of putting up a sign), hidden fees for wifi and water which for the price charged felt unnecessary, 2 bedroom suite with living room does not even come with basic coffee machine, TV has a million channels that I don't need but no streaming site and no easy way of casting, frequent queue at reception with only part of staff mobilized by taking care of clients.

Review rating: 3.0

Google Maps Praise quote
Location was excellent, close to most of the big stuff you want and subway connections were also excellent.

Review rating: 4.0

Tripadvisor Complaint quote
WiFi very intermittent and slow.

Review rating: 2.0

Tripadvisor Praise quote
No telephone at room, they send you an email with your room number, password to enter de room (no keys), the wifi info and the telephone number to send sms texts, but would be better if they had whats app.

Review rating: 4.0

What the signal means

Coverage

398 insight listings mention Wi-Fi in this scope.

Signal strength

Complaint signal is 1.0% across available platforms.

Praise signal is 1.7% across available platforms.

Next step

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Evidence behind this topic

  • Wi-Fi groups review language such as wifi, wi-fi, internet, connection, and network, so the signal stays tied to concrete guest wording rather than a generic score.
  • New York, United States, Hotels uses 44696 analyzed reviews across 2 platforms, 7 locality records, and 398 supporting insight listings for Wi-Fi.
  • Google Maps has the strongest complaint signal for Wi-Fi at 1.1%, compared with a measured average of 1.0% across platforms.
  • Tripadvisor has the strongest praise signal for Wi-Fi at 1.9%, compared with a measured average of 1.7% across platforms.

How reliable is this signal?

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Reviews analyzed

44,696

Collected reviews: 2,202,152 · Analysis coverage: 2.0%

Platforms covered

2

Last update

September 15, 2026

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