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Posted 15 February 2015
Free Wi-Fi 24/7 @ PremierInn
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Just received this email, I thought I'd share and give everyone the heads up.
Great news, now you can surf around the clock with our free Wi-Fi!
Yep, whether you want the latest news, to catch up with friends on Facebook or Skype the kids – it's waiting for you in every hotel, for free, 24 hours a day!
It's just another way we've made your home from home even better!
Great news, now you can surf around the clock with our free Wi-Fi!
Yep, whether you want the latest news, to catch up with friends on Facebook or Skype the kids – it's waiting for you in every hotel, for free, 24 hours a day!
It's just another way we've made your home from home even better!
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How hotels (In the UK) have had the audacity to charge for the past few years is just pure greed and an insult to their customers
4 years ago my partner stayed in a hotel in Bangkok and the Wi-Fi was free plus it was a 20mb connection. The room rate for that hotel was the same as what you'd pay for a Premier Inn room
Broadband line rates are not expensive at all in comparison to room rates.....
It can't be easy to provide hot showers to 500 rooms, or efficient check-in, or nice bacon, but it is essential that hotels get these things right. The same goes for complimentary wifi in this day and age.
It bugs me when I don't need wifi and they've included it in the rate.
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Yeah, and why pay for electricty or hot water, hell even cold water, if you don't need it!
The point is that, like electricity and water, the marginal cost of providing these services is so low per guest that charging extra for them tends to cost more than just including it in the rate - same goes for wifi in this day and age. The idea of having a two tier service is pretty insulting - they really should just bundle it as part of the rate - the number of people who don't use the net these days is probably similar to the number who don't use the electricity or hot water.
You don't seem to be understanding that Premier Inn don't offer anything like that.
So true.
just been 3 nights on premier inn, have unlimited data on my phone, tried two different premier inn the data signal on mobile devices is unbelievably weak!!!
coincidence?!!
Oh nonsense - competition will stop them adding your supposed £5 extra per night to their room rates to include wifi. The marginal cost of providing decent wifi is pennies per guest. Sadly, rather than just include it in the price, like water and electricity and use of the television etc., they prefer to see it as an opportunity to turn it into many pounds per guest - it's retrograde. Small hotels don't charge for wifi because it's a great plus point for customers, plus, the cost of setting up and maintaining a paid for service far exceeds anything sensible. If it wasn't just about gouging customers then tell me why they have the cheek to charge for time connected rather than data consumed - I'd rather buy a block of data and use it as much and as fast as I please, sometimes a lot, sometimes a little, than have a poxy service metered by time - gosh, even BT have moved into the 21st century (at long last) and stopped charging by time connected (or at least providing options that don't charge that way).
P.S. I see you've edited your post for spelling. You might wish to have another go at that!
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There is a difference between 'need wifi' and 'use wifi', just as there is a difference, sadly, between 'need a shower' and 'use a shower'!
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Yeah, but paying by quantity of data rather than time connected makes much more sense - then they have every incentive to get your data to you as quickly as they can!
Good point. Would prefer this way, like most!
No, I think you are confusing 2015 with some backwards Soviet era. Ofcom estimates that the proportion of UK adults with a smartphone is 61%! And that's the UK only - imagine what the proportion is of people visiting the UK on holiday or business. There is now an enormous appetite for internet and (depending on the individual) some people are heavily reliant on it. Charging for wifi is nothing but crude cash-making exploitation and as mentioned by others here, the comparative costs of setting up wifi per guest are pennies.
"Not great news for those who don't necessarily need wifi?" Then stay in shed!
Indeed..
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Definitely wouldn't be able to Skype off it.
Most chain hotels do that. It's incredibly annoying.
Granted.. if you get a good contract on HUKD you can usually get good data bundles and sack off paying for hotel internet
It's not difficult to unlock the 'hotel mode' on these TVs. Try googling 'hotel television hack'
Would rather pay £3 for a connection that is usable than nothing for one that isn't!
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Whilst you are on the free wifi Google "hotel mode" for the tv model .
Get yourself into the engineers menu and off you go :-)
Every new Premier Inn I've stayed in has connections plate on the wall with HDMI input, USB and others.
Just like this media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/med…jpg
How recent was your stay? I believe they only officially announced this yesterday.
This was in a Travel Lodge. Won't bother me again in one of theirs mind you cos I'll never stay in one again as long as I live ....
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Taxis and buses in my town all have free wifi. I don't get how they do it. 4G data is expensive per GB and its very fast in my town. I downloaded a few GB on my way to town on Thursday