On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:29:57 GMT, Alex Chaihorsky wrote:

> I do not object to pay per call for local numbers. I object when certain
> local numbers are blocked because the hotel does not want me to use their
> services.

Understood.

However, I think your characterization of hotels as "flagships of
freedom and the free exchange of information" is a bit off.

They are flagships of capitalism, not freedom. They're in the business
to make money not to facilitate the exchange of ideas.

Perhaps the objection is valid. I'm just not all that surprised by
their blocking IP telephony. It cuts into their business.

--
Derek

"The secret of being a bore is to tell everything." -- Voltaire,
Discours en vers sur l'homme, 1737