"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@comcast.net> wrote in
news:47B5CB8A.5010406@comcast.net:

> 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. . . .
>

The "system" I set up in the restaurant was a cable modem hooked to a
Linksys wifi router I got from a thrift shop for $10. Way bigshot system.
256 users can share but there's only about 20 seats in the whole place.
We're not downloading from usenet, like at home, so it works great for all
and he already had the cable running for himself and his credit card
machine, so the extra cost was $10. I was referring to free wifi at
RESTAURANTS, not the Waldorf-Astoria.

Oh, I forgot, we bought an ethernet cable....add $15 because we paid
retail.