Event venues AND anyplace that might EVER have expense account holding business travelers just want to charge for it. Even if fiber literally rolled right up to the side of the building, it'd be resold by either the hotel or a 3rd party vendor with a focus on profit rather than just being good.
My wife and I started traveling a lot as leisure travelers (50+ days last year, 240 days the year before) post Covid and my wife goes to conferences. We stay in mostly Hilton and Hyatt brands with the occasional Marriot. It use to be true that the high end brands charge for WiFi. But I haven’t seen a separate WiFi charge in all of these time.
Admittedly the only hotel I stayed in that was considered high end was the Conrad in Los Angeles.
Non anecdotally, I did a search and I couldn’t find a hotel that still charged separately for WiFi, just a “resort fee” that everyone pays.
Event venues AND anyplace that might EVER have expense account holding business travelers just want to charge for it. Even if fiber literally rolled right up to the side of the building, it'd be resold by either the hotel or a 3rd party vendor with a focus on profit rather than just being good.