> We all pay for things you we could get for fractions of the cost every
> day. Ever eat any meals out as opposed to buying the raw ingredients
> and cooking them yourself?
Levi, my point was *not* that the cheapest solution is always the
best, which seems to be all that you took away from my post. My point
was that for a "business traveller" (i.e., someone who travels
regularly on business), $10/day hotel Wi-Fi is likely to be _neither_
the cheapest _nor_ the most convenient option available to him/her.
For the occasional traveller (which I am now...maybe a day or two
every few months), the option might make sense, since any other
solution is either going to be more expensive (e.g., EVDO modem at
$40/mo.) or more inconvenient (e.g., cellular dial-up into a 56K
line). But, if $10/day hotel Wi-Fi isn't the best solution for a
_regular_ business traveller (i.e., another option is *both* more
convenient/faster *and* cheaper), why in the world is he/she justified
in choosing the one that is more expensive *and* less convenient?
That choice doesn't match up with *any* priority.
> Some people decide that
> staying at a hotel that has such prices is still worth it to them.
Sure, but if that person is a business traveller whose expenses are
ultimately borne by his company or client, that's wrong. If it's a
personal choice, I have no beef -- people are free to spend their own
money as wisely or foolishly as they prefer. But if my employees or
my contractors are spending my company's money foolishly -- not
effective enough to justify the cost -- I'm not going to support that.
> If you don't have that opinion, that doesn't make them brainless, it just
> makes them have different priorities than you.
It's not a question of priorities when option A is *both* more
expensive *and* less effective. There's no trade-off there -- it's
just a bad option no matter what your priority is. Imagine you have
three choices to get from the airport to the hotel: a $45 shuttle
ride that takes 20 minutes, a $20 shuttle ride that takes 45 minutes,
or a $45 shuttle ride that takes 45 minutes. The third option is
sub-optimal no matter what your "priority" is. My argument is that
for regular business travellers, costly hotel Wi-Fi is typically
sub-optimal on both cost and convenience metrics, making it a bad
choice no matter whether you are cost-conscious or
convenience/time-conscious.
> Calling someone brainless because they're priorities differ from yours
As I said, their (not "they're") priorities aren't relevant when the
choice isn't the best choice on any dimension. Maybe "brainless" was
too harsh...lazy, apathetic, and ignorant are likely all valid
explanations as well that probably explain as much of my own
_personal_ choice behavior as anyone else's. But business decisions
should be more rationalized and informed.
To get back on topic a bit, does anyone know for sure whether Sprint's
$15 Power Vision option will get you EVDO, or do you need the $25
option? I'm still not clear on that.
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