SMS wrote:
> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> A couple of bucks is fine. In the hotel we're staying at tonight, it's
> $15/day. I think they're just being stupid. At $15, almost no one will
> use it, this isn't a business person's hotel, it's a resort hotel. At $5
> a day, a lot of people would probably use it. I'll take a list of free
> WiFi hots pots with me.

$15/day seems a little extreme!!