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We already know that UK hotels charge an
excessive
amount for Wi-Fi internet access, but it seems Europe is just as bad.
According to research by
Webaroo some 5 star hotels across Europe can charge an average of £14.17 for
one days internet access. That's nothing to the wireless rip-off captial (London
to me and you) who charge an average of £19.70!
If you decide that this is just to expensive then you could surf at the
airport, except that the average Europe wide cost for this is £12.82 for 24
hours, but this time the UK is not top of the list, with the 'honour' going to
France with Paris, which charges €30 at the top, with Germany (€24.95) and Rome
(€24.93), following up.
"Even with the top hotels you have to be careful to check the fine
print as their 24 hour period is from 12pm to 12pm the next day, so you
could legitimately end up paying £40 for two days net use because you
checked your connection in the morning and at night the same day."
"On an extended trip you could pay as much for Wi-Fi access as it would
cost to buy a new computer," |
| Brad Husick, president of Webaroo |
Some good news for the UK is revealed in the number of Wi-Fi access points
with London having 1,928 Wi-Fi hotspots, more than in Berlin (813), Munich
(376), Barcelona (213), Madrid (176), Ibiza (3) and Rome (109) put together.
Webaroo must be looking in the wrongs places, when I wrote the
original
article I was using free Wi-Fi in Holland, now writing this I'm using free
Wi-Fi in Finland. Or maybe it's that I'm not staying in 5 star hotels!!
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