Since this thread was already cross-posted and the topic and discussion was so insipid, I decided to cross post my response.

Are you guys ever willing to pay for anything??!!
Look at the cap ex required for this:

1) Either hard wire cat 5 to every room or utilize point to point DSL to run over the voice wiring (WIFI is not a practical solution for guest room access)
2) A proper router with manageability
3) Manageable switches
4) A validation server with software to manage access and run DHCP services
5) 2 firewalls to create a DMZ isolating the guest LAN from the hotel LAN and outside access
6) A help desk to support users who can not find their way out of a wet paper bag
7) Reserves for losses of theft/abuse of equipment
8) One or more T1 lines to provide unmeatered bandwidth that is linear scalable and comes with SLA’s
9) Redundancy of equipment at key points of failure
10) Training of hotel staff to support the system
11) Hardware maintenance and refresh on the equipment

At $10, it is a gift, pure and simple. Does your company give anyway things for fun without a profit motive??