£12.

That’s what I was charged last week for Internet access in a hotel for a day. £12. Or, to put it in context, some 66% of my monthly broadband costs at home. In this instance, I didn’t have much choice as I needed the access, but even by the standards I’ve experienced over the past six months of hotel dwelling, that’s a crazy amount. Even room service is cheaper. Hmmph.

And praise too to Virgin Trains. Once more I sat on one of their trains and found they’d installed wireless Internet access on it. Once more, when the ‘this is a trial, e-mail here to declare your interest’ screen popped up I sent my mail off to them. And once more it bounced. It leaves me salivating for the real thing…