英语阅读第一期-130426

李敏

We asked what you thought about hotels charging their guests to access Wi-Fi. As the subsequent influx of tweets and story comments showed, the issue generates strong and often divisive opinions.
Some of you said that hotels charge exorbitant rates to access the web because they know guests have no other option if they want to go online.
Others said that the cost of installing and maintaining a reliable wireless network for use by hundreds of people at a time comes with extensive costs that hotels must recoup through user charges.
But is the issue as simple as that? Individual hotel policies on internet access and pricing are almost as divergent as the opinions the subject creates.
Some mid-to-low budget hotels provide free access throughout their facilities while others only do so in selected areas, such as in the bar, lobby or restaurant.
At the other end of the spectrum, some five-star resorts have been known to charge more than $40 a day on top of room rates for guests to access the web.
So what did you have to say?
Some of you were adamant that hotel Wi-Fi should always be free.
You get what you pay for
While some respondents were near evangelical in their demands for free web access, others said they were quite happy to pay for the internet as long as the price was reasonable and commensurate with the service received.
Among them, Jingledew commented: "I'd happily pay a buck or two for the convenience of a connection, but $10-$30 per night on top of $150 room is just pure extortion. If it was a true hardship, no hotel would offer it free."
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刘哲

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刘威

Really well orgonized.