My job is serving free internet out to the masses (public library system), and while the middle of Wyoming isn't Normally hit as hard as a big hotel, we can push 500 users at the same time in the peak summer/vacation months. This is done on a Fiber line (offering 3mbps up and down, and a bit of that portioned off for our internal VoIP and video conferencing uses) that costs $300/month. This is the middle of nowhere, Wyoming.... Large, upscale hotels are NOT in the middle of nowhere and can get this same service for cheaper, or more bandwidth for the same dollar. Considering the number of guests they'll see in a month (more than 300), why are they charging multiples of $10's of dollars for something that costs THEM less than $1/guest? And something that they are required to have to operate the business?

I don't stay with hotels that don't offer it, and tend to stay out of the places that Think they're offering "more upscale services" like bellhops (get yer paws off my bag!), concierge (no, I don't need you to call in a favor for me to get a good seat ~ I did that ahead of time... in the internet), and gaudy.. er, I mean "Upscale" decor.

Maybe I'm just a low-budget snob.... I tend to think of myself as "frugal" or "savy" though. Comes back to the "give a man a fish/teach a man to fish" saying, I'd much rather do for myself if you just allow me the tools.

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