I go to a local hotel for work once in a while and always use their wifi. The iPhone 5 showed the wifi bars just like it did on my previous iPhone. I received a message that says I went over my data limit though? Is there anything that I had to input to avoid this? The hotel wifi is very similar to like a McDonald's or Starbucks for example.
what happened when you opened safari? Most hotels I go to have a website where you need to enter a key to access the wifi, even the wifi that is open and free. Maybe your phone said it was connected to wifi but was never actually able to access it? not sure