Anonymous

London

Consultant

I travel a lot internationally, and the differences in WiFi access are amazing. Frequently there are free services available if one searches. In San Juan there was a very good free town network, yet the hotel was charging to use their network. In Geneva the hotel Wifi was free in the lobby, but charged for in the room. In Stockholm my Hotel Wifi was free, but the LAN connection was charged for. It all indicates that hotels have not got around to thinking this through. Wifi is an essential service these days, and one expects it to be treated the same as breakfast - ie either included, or the price declared up front. Similarly the quality of the connection is a complete unknown. I recall paying 10$ a day in Beijing for a connection which frequently dropped into the bits/sec and I had to resort to using the phone for a dialup connection!