day. Ever eat any meals out as opposed to buying the raw ingredients
and cooking them yourself? What about coffee you pay Starbucks $2+ per
cup that you could make at home for a fraction of the price? Some
hotels can charge this rate because there is a market for it. If there
wasn't, or people didn't want to pay it, they would go to a different
hotel where there's cheaper or free wifi. Some people decide that
staying at a hotel that has such prices is still worth it to them. If
you don't have that opinion, that doesn't make them brainless, it just
makes them have different priorities than you. I think this is what Bob
was trying to convey. Calling someone brainless because they're
priorities differ from yours seems a bit like a personal attack and
frankly a little arrogant. And I'm all for cheap and free wifi, I think
we all are here. Doesn't mean that companies HAVE to give it to us.
That's what's nice about having lots of choices of where to stay. You
can choose the place that best fits your priorities. If the other guy
chooses a different place, why would it matter to you - both of you are
getting the place that fits your priorities best. Live and let live.
Levi Wallach
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Craig Froehle
> Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 9:44 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Treo] Re: Response from Sprint about the Treo 700p
>
> Dude, don't get bent out of shape. My point was that $10/day
> is way more expensive for Internet access than most any other
> solution, and generally inferior to other options, too.
>
> Even travelling 4 days a month (I used to travel twice that
> at least) means you're spending $40 per month on hotel Wi-Fi
> -- you can get cellular access for that (if not less) and not
> have to worry about setting it up each time you check in,
> searching for good access spots, etc. $10 a day for hotel
> Wi-Fi is "brainless" for a business traveller because it's
> neither the most cost-effective nor easiest solution to the problem.
>
> My "personal standards" notwithstanding, spending $10 on
> something that should cost a fraction of that, and multiplied
> times thousands or millions, is the principal behind why many
> companies go out of business.
>
> And yes, despite my addressing you as "dude," I am a seasoned
> business traveller and long-time technology advocate, so I
> know of what I speak.
> - Craig
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