Kurt wrote:
> In article <Xns9A455EEE12717noonehomecom@208.49.80.253>,
> Larry <noone@home.com> wrote:
>
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>>4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:eb878ca6-09a3-431a-bd69-
>>df89889b2dc5@e25g2000prg.googlegroups.com:
>>
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>>>Pay-as-you-go service is $3.95 for two hours, down from $6.00 per hour
>>>or $10.00 per day with T-Mobile.
>>>
>>>
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>>See? I told ya. SELLphones....nickel and dime you to death....
>>
>>Right across the parking lot from Starbucky's is Atlanta Bread and Panera
>>Bread cafes, here. Free internet for ALL at both places. It didn't SELL
>>before....it won't SELL, now.
>>
>>Stop by the front desk of Embassy Suites and ask the pretty girl for a wifi
>>passcard. Instead of logging on for a free day, it'll work all month.
>>
>>Free wifi is just good business. Pick any lunch hour at Panera Bread and
>>see how many people are doing business on their laptops with Panera's
>>lunch. Walk across to Starbucky's and there's none. Coincidence?
>>
>>Greedy bastards. Wifi costs near nothing. The cash registers use so
>>little bandwidth and it's already installed in the stores, lots of stores.
>>
>>Oh, a little plug for a great little Italian fast food at the corner of
>>Montague Ave and Dorchester Rd in N Charleston, SC, Pizza Roma. Free wifi
>>to all from the Linksys I installed over the cash register connected
>>through Knology Cable. The Jersey boys who own it have laptops...(c; Best
>>Strombolis I ever tasted! They were raised in Dad's Italian restaurant
>>back in NJ. Jersey people yell at each other a lot, but you get used to it
>>when you find out the threats are not serious...(c;
>>
>>Hmm....time for breakfast....
>
>
> I fee the same way. When out to use my iPhone or laptop, I only give my
> buisness to places with free WIFI. Never use Starbucks. Even worse are
> the hotels that you pay to stay at that charge you. Generally won't stay
> there.
>

Why not? It COSTS to create and maintain a network. It costs more to
connect such a network to the internet in such a way as to provide
decent performance for multiple users: Cisco Router or equivalent,
firewall, N port switch where N is at least the number of rooms, T1 or
T3 service. . . .

Last time I stayed in a hotel, I paid a buck or two for internet access.
I felt that I was getting my money's worth.