---- Peter Kurilecz <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
> On 8/1/06, Cecilia Hartman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Offering Internet access to everyone, whether you use it or not, is no different than having a pool that's available to everyone or an exercise room that's available to everyone, both of which are at the Hilton.
> 
> A better analogy would be the offering of telephone service for
> everybody. And yet I haven't heard anyone complain about what the
> hotel charges for that service.

Then there's the issue of cable service and people who don't watch television in their rooms.

> 
> The swimming pool is available only for guests. Should the wifi be
> provided free to those who aren't guests of the hotel? 

Not in my opinion.  It should be available in the rooms, but not to non-paying visitors, again, in my opinion.

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