Staying in San Francisco, my wifi connection at the hotel was a bit spotty and pretty/extremely slow, but at least it was free. (The free access made up 50% of my choice to stay there.) But the same shitty wifi at over $800/day?! That's damn impressive.
Every hotel seems to have a different Swisscom tariff, and it seems that Ben Hammersley may have found the highest Swisscom fee yet: £480 per 24 hours for non-guests using the conference spaces in London's Victoria Park Plaza hotel. That's $838.73 a day. For WiFi. Not even good WiFi. (Now, of course you won't stay in the conference space for 24h -- I'd probably cap out at 16-18h a day, meaning I'd only pay $559.17 to $594.04 a day. A bargain at twice the price)
I won't harp on this as I'd hate to be berated for not wanting a company to make a profit, but much like egregiously overcharging customers for something they've already funded, this seems just a bit out of line.

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