Back in Hartlepool this evening and this time I’m checking out the Premier Travel Inn at the Marina. Welcome to the centrally managed corporate bosom — I like the fact that everywhere you look here, it’s corporate. Like a McDonalds style hotel. Whatever your viewpoint of Premier, at least there’s a consistent service level.
The only arse is the WiFi, cunningly provided by Swisscom, who, it appears, are doing their best to extort as much cash as possible out of a dying market. Although Hartlepool’s a possible exception, I make my hotel purchasing decisions based on whether they offer ‘free’ WiFi.
I am not feeling much love from the Premier Travel Inn people because of their stupid decision to do a deal with Swisscom.
I’ve got a BT Openworld account and a Cloud account — but, of course, Swisscom don’t have any peering arrangements with them, so you’re forced to pay the shite fees if you want internet access.
Well screw you Mr & Mrs Swisscom, next time I will use T-Mobile or Vodafone. Or, actually, I probably won’t come back to the Premier Travel Inn. I’ll try somewhere else.
The prices?
£3.00 buys you 30 minutes.
£5.00 buys you 120 minutes. And so on. The usual shite.
What a piss poor service offering.
The speed’s fine. I’m just not happy with the cost. Still, paid it, did my work, next. Won’t do it again.
