Comments on: Worst Interface Designers Are The Access Gougers http://cogdogblog.com/2008/04/19/worst-interface-designers-are-the-access-gougers/ Alan Levine's blog space for barking about instructional technology Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:41:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kim Vance http://cogdogblog.com/2008/04/19/worst-interface-designers-are-the-access-gougers/#comment-55414 Kim Vance Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:10:02 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2008/04/19/worst-interface-designers-are-the-access-gougers/#comment-55414 When I make my own travel plans I always check for free, in-room web access. But this week was for my husband. He is a marathoner and he was qualified for his second Boston Marathon (yeah!). So I found myself in the Boston Sheraton where I was originally told the wired access was free. And when I attempted to log in, found the ridiculously expensive service promoted on the poorly designed access page you show above. The free wireless service in the lobby was extremely slow and glitchy. It was really intolerable. When I make my own travel plans I always check for free, in-room web access. But this week was for my husband. He is a marathoner and he was qualified for his second Boston Marathon (yeah!).

So I found myself in the Boston Sheraton where I was originally told the wired access was free. And when I attempted to log in, found the ridiculously expensive service promoted on the poorly designed access page you show above. The free wireless service in the lobby was extremely slow and glitchy. It was really intolerable.

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