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05/28/2001 Archived Entry: "Hotel Broadband Fizzles"

ZDNet: Interactive Week: Hotel Broadband Fizzles
Millions of hotel rooms are being left without the broadband connections their owners planned, as service providers close shop or ask hotels to split the costs.

Most business travelers these days just don't want to pay the typical $10 daily fee for the service. Fewer than 5 percent of business travelers use high-speed Internet access in their hotel rooms, service executives said.

One of the biggest players in the market, CAIS Internet, plans to announce this week its intent to shut down most of its in-room broadband business.