Adhoc internet access in New Zealand is ridiculously expensive
November 5th, 2007How can it possibly cost $25 for 12 hours access to the internet when you are staying at a hotel that charges upwards of $200 a night? That’s just ridiculous!
I’m staying in a hotel in Wellington for a conference. The hotel probably services mainly business guests so I would have thought that internet access would be free of charge. Just throttle the wireless connection speed or cap it somehow to prevent problems with people trying to download the latest episode of Heroes via bittorrent.
The hotel is also in a Telecom Wi-Fi hotspot. That service only charges $10 an hour (charged on a per second basis) for non XTRA customers. Woohoo, sign me up Scotty, NOT!
It only costs me $39.95 a month for “as fast as you can eat” access with a 5Gb limit at home. That XTRA hourly rate is a complete rip-off, as is the rate the hotel charges.
November 6th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
Have you tried using Netstumbler or similar to see if you can find any open Wi-Fi networks?
When booking accommodation in Sydney for Web Directions I specifically shopped about for accommodation with reasonable rates for internet connectivity. The place I ended up staying at offered AUD$50 for a week’s Wi-Fi. I thought this was reasonable.