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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by Howard  | I have done my fair share of international traveling and I do not find that 30 pesos for an hour outrageous at all and actually reasonable. I know it
will be slow to non existent service but if you need it, you need it and $1.65 can barely buy you a hamburger at Mickey Ds.
How in the world did we survive without electronics back in the day? I remember being completely baffled how my transistor radio worked, it was like
magic. |
After you spend a decade at Starbucks and Motel 6, you get addicted to the "free" intertube and begin to feel that others must provide your fix.
(Withdrawal DTs come over you in a matter of hours w/o Facebook photos of your second cousin's kids.) It's socialist entitlement complex. 'Real
freedom" is paying for your own intertube fix.
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Barry A.
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You all are nuts. I don't even have a cell phone, no lap-top, nor do I go to Starbucks or stay at Motel 6!!
What's WRONG with me? 
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4x4abc
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Profit is good! I guarantees jobs.
I don't mind the Pesos for internet service. Just include it in the room rate.
What I mind is the non harmonic hotel experience.
Buying one token after the other and annoying system hiccups kill nice rooms and friendly personnel.
[Edited on 9-13-2016 by 4x4abc]
Harald Pietschmann
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David K
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Hotel La Huerta in San Ignacio has free WiFi, works in the rooms now, and a room is $31 worth of pesos (550). Maybe tomato sales are down for the Los
Pinos group?
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motoged
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And you are complaining about the service?  
Don't believe everything you think....
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rts551
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Internet service in Catavina is quiet a bit different than service in more established areas. Since the satellite service has limited bandwidth,
it might be their way of controlling usage. I guess you can do as David seems to be suggesting and continue on the San Ignacio for free internet
Hahahahaha.
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Howard
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What's wrong with a good toke once in a while?
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
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4x4abc
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not at all!
it is one of my favorite hotels
enjoy the improvements
love their service
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4x4abc
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Hotel La Huerta in San Ignacio has free WiFi, works in the rooms now, and a room is $31 worth of pesos (550). Maybe tomato sales are down for the Los
Pinos group? |
when you arrive tired at 8 pm in Cataviņa an additional 4 hours driving in the dark seem suicidal
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4x4abc
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would have solved everything!
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ncampion
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When we traveled to Australia and New Zealand a few years ago we were amazed to find that all hotels/motels changed for internet access. No"free"
internet anywhere that we could find.
As much as we're addicted to constant internet access, I actually liked staying at Catavina and being"free" from the real world for a day.
Living Large in Loreto. Off-grid and happy.
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elgatoloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Hotel La Huerta in San Ignacio has free WiFi, works in the rooms now, and a room is $31 worth of pesos (550). Maybe tomato sales are down for the Los
Pinos group? |
Thought I may have heard from a semi re liable source there are putting all the internet funds in an account to pay for the wall. Construction to
commence 1/21/17.  :
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc |
Profit is good! I guarantees jobs.
I don't mind the Pesos for internet service. Just include it in the room rate.
What I mind is the non harmonic hotel experience.
Buying one token after the other and annoying system hiccups kill nice rooms and friendly personnel.
[Edited on 9-13-2016 by 4x4abc] |
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that the hotel is using Exede internet, and the basic service for Exede is $50 a month and includes 10
gigabytes of bandwidth total for that month. So all that it takes is for one or 2 customers to log onto the hotels internet and use up that 10 gig by
down loading a movie and the hotels internet then is shutdown for the remainder of the month or the hotel can buy another gig of bandwidth for an
additional $10. So evidently what they have done is to limit your access and bandwidth so that the service is available to all their customers. I know
Roger at Villa Bahia in BoLA goes through this all the time. His internet is constantly being over used and shut down because of one or two customers
that abuse the system. Probably if they (the hotel you are at) tried to include internet in the room rate (which would be difficult because they would
have to know how much bandwidth that room would use) they would get complaints from the people that are not interested in internet and don't want to
pay for it. Its just not possible to make all the people happy all the time. It just amazes me that it is available at all.
Off grid, 12-190 watt evergreen solar panels on solar trackers, 2-3648 stacked Outback inverters, 610ah LiFePo4 48v battery bank, FM 60 and MX60
Outback charge controllers, X-240 Outback transformer for 240v from inverters, 6500 watt Kubota diesel generator.
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Martyman
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There was no charge for internet at the Catavina Hotel in May. Must be a new charge.
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Catavina and Internet
to even be given the option out in the middle of the desert like that is kind of amazing - 30 pesos is less than $2.00 for an hour - Kinkos charges
$12. and up for that same hour - think it is quite the deal and we think their food is quite wonderful also
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It really does not sound like a bad option to me, given few other communication options. An alternative is the new Delorme two way satellite texter,
but I think that costs more 
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MMc
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Goat supporting the free market? What's up with that?
| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | 30 Pesos for 1 minute of WiFi - or 128 MB, whatever comes first
that beats the $10 at Alfonsina's
Baja is going downhill fast |
Pirates rob. You willingly entered into a transaction, in a free market.
P.s. Was included with room when I last stayed there in April. But reception was only good in lobby. |
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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mtgoat666
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I don't think my post said anything about "supporting" the free market. I just said it is a free market.
That said, yes, In this case I support the free market. (And, no, I do not support Herr stupendous gas bag man).
| Quote: Originally posted by MMc | Goat supporting the free market? What's up with that?
| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | 30 Pesos for 1 minute of WiFi - or 128 MB, whatever comes first
that beats the $10 at Alfonsina's
Baja is going downhill fast |
Pirates rob. You willingly entered into a transaction, in a free market.
P.s. Was included with room when I last stayed there in April. But reception was only good in lobby. |
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basautter
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Sounds like a good deal to me! Better than no connection. Gotta love capitalism! 
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| Quote: Originally posted by larryC | | the hotel is using Exede internet, and the basic service for Exede is $50 a month and includes 10 gigabytes of bandwidth total for that month. So all
that it takes is for one or 2 customers to log onto the hotels internet and use up that 10 gig by down loading a movie |
Probably. Or Hughes. 25-30 pesos an hour is a regular price in BOLA internet kiosks, as I recall. Nobody in their sound mind ever complained about it.
Travelers that absolutely need to use an internet while staying a day or two in the middle of nowhere - mind you, many don't - are grateful that it is
available.
Like Goat said, this is an entitlement complex - though I would call it "consumerism entitlement", rather than "socialism". Man up and stop whining.
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