There are too many people who are like dogs. Not that they look like dogs. Anyone with eyes can see that. But they live like dogs. They live in the present. They need constant reminding of who did what to them in the very recent past otherwise they will forget & believe anything some slick salesman in a pulpit will tell them.

I understand your view. But the state welcome centers you mentioned in your prior post are typically along interstate highways, where there’s little walk-in traffic. So people in those centers using wifi are travelers, anticipating, but not yet at their destination (which they would be in the St George VC), and, more than likely, not locals looking for free wifi.

Extending wifi to the entire square is a different solution and one that would also work, since users wouldn’t be forced to stay inside the Visitor Center for access. Not sure who would pay for that (not sure who pays at Dockyard, either). I’d still have some concern that the lounge area and desk in the VC get occupied for much longer than intended, and think it’s unfair to ask the volunteers to shoo people away if necessary.

I also think either way will have pluses and minuses, so at the end of the day, it’s pick one and see how good or awful it works out to be.

EW

I understand your point of view, but believe there are good arguments on both sides- limited free access or complete free access.

To me, it’s not the St. Georges Visitor Center and WiFi Cafe. Offering limited free wifi as a convenience seems a good compromise, an accommodation to visitors. It reduces the risk that the Center becomes crowded with those using wifi, ignoring the Visitor Center features and making it more difficult for those that do want to use those features.

If visitors (and locals) are willing to pay for longer access, there are other places besides the Visitor Center where that can be done, like CV Cafe.

EW

Yes there will be a few junkies who can’t put the device away but most will do some personal stuff then perhaps search local sites for places to eat & things to do.

And yet there are people who would still vote for them given the chance. The mind boggles.

To say a bunch of children could do better, would be an insult to young people everywhere.

That’s how bad PLP were. Again – we must never forget what these incompetents did.

I understand your thought, but I’d guess that, since it’s a visitor center, the idea is for traffic to flow in and out, and not sit around (like Starbucks in the US).

Offering unlimited free wi-fi invites both tourists and locals camping out and detracting from what the center is supposed to accomplish.

Think its a tough balance to strike.

EW

This was incredibly frustrating for absolutely everyone – but someone in the PLP obviously thought that hiding the information centre away so nobody could find it was actually a good idea.

This a great example of why PLP was voted out. They didn’t have a clue.

Go anywhere else that thinks of itself as a desirable destination & free WIFI is all over the place. Stop at most any state welcome center along the highway & unlimited free WIFI is there. WIFI is available at some rest stops too. Go into any town library & free unlimited WIFI is available. Many restaurants have free unlimited WIFI.

St Georges should be ashamed of themselves! 10 minutes!!! What are you supposed to do with 10 minutes? If you are going to charge, give a minimum of 1 hour free in any 24 hour period.