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Thread ID: 119618	2011-08-01 05:15:00	internet access in hotels...still expensive!	FAB (6923)	Press F1

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1220329	2011-08-01 05:15:00	My wife going to Auckland for a conference, so thought I'd email the hotel (central city) to check on the internet access rates, since it's not on their website. I was sort of expecting perhaps free internet access (rooms are $130 a night after all) but was no expecting just how much they want to charge. Here's the rates from the email reply. Broadband available in the guest rooms @ $0.68 per minute or maximum cap in a 24hr Period of $29.90. $5.00 – 15mb or 1hr $10.00 – 30mb or 2hrs $20.00 – 60mb or 4hrs Long Stay rate of 5 days plus is $15.00 per day (charge if used or not). Am I being petty or do these seem excessive to anyone else? I don't think I'll be letting my wife have access to the internet at these sorts of $$.	FAB (6923)
1220330	2011-08-01 05:25:00	Buy a data card, Telecom were giving them away a short while back if you were a landline customer of theirs. Get it on Prepay Top it up when you want it... 500MB is only around $20-$30 I think?	Chilling_Silence (9)
1220331	2011-08-01 07:45:00	Hey CS That was my plan after seeing the rates, but I guess my point was to me these rates are along the lines of daylight robbery...that's a huge profit margin.	FAB (6923)
1220332	2011-08-01 07:47:00	$2 a gig with telecom. :pf1mobmini:	sahilcc7 (15483)
1220333	2011-08-01 08:03:00	My wife going to Auckland for a conference, so thought I'd email the hotel (central city) to check on the internet access rates, since it's not on their website. I was sort of expecting perhaps free internet access (rooms are $130 a night after all) but was no expecting just how much they want to charge. Here's the rates from the email reply. Broadband available in the guest rooms @ $0.68 per minute or maximum cap in a 24hr Period of $29.90. $5.00 – 15mb or 1hr $10.00 – 30mb or 2hrs $20.00 – 60mb or 4hrs Long Stay rate of 5 days plus is $15.00 per day (charge if used or not). Am I being petty or do these seem excessive to anyone else? I don't think I'll be letting my wife have access to the internet at these sorts of $$. These are pretty standard. Arguably they are less than some of the international hotels. Most of which don't give them for free. Usually if you are a club member it is free however or if you have a club room. I understand that $50NZ equiv per day overseas is normal. Regular Kit Kat bar maybe $8NZ. Ditto a can of coke.	Nomad (952)
1220334	2011-08-01 08:06:00	I bet its just a crappy WAP put in the ceiling too...	Fifthdawn (9467)
1220335	2011-08-01 08:08:00	Some provide a CAT-5 cable in the drawer and some even include a HDMI too :cool:	Nomad (952)
1220336	2011-08-01 08:20:00	Forgotten the name of the place but it was in auckland and they had free WiFi at about 20/10 Mbps for free. 10Gb a day. Torrents worked to :D	The Error Guy (14052)
1220337	2011-08-01 09:09:00	Over the last 3 years we've spent 12 months travelling around the US/Canada over 3 seperate trips, always had free wi-fi in hotels/campground. Am I comparing NZ to that? Yup.	FAB (6923)
1220338	2011-08-01 09:16:00	Unfortunately these sort of prices are commom, but they are nothing short of a RIP-OFF !! As sahilcc7 says, Telecom only charge $2 a GB for excess home use data, so these prices are outright greed.	decibel (11645)
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