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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 11:43 am
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MBM3
 
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Originally Posted by TrojanHorse
pure speculation here, but I have to believe that with telephone revenue way down and maybe non existant at many properties, the hotels use this to off set the lost revenue

the low end properties like the hamptons and stuff had free local calls etc so the revenue hit was probably less and they could afford to give free HSIA
I have heard the same thing - they made a boatload of revenue before mobile phones took over and internet dialup became a thing of the past. IMHO, just include it in the cost of my room.
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