Hotel groups also reward members with benefits such as free Internet access and reduced parking fees, as well as discounts on food and beverage.

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FreedomPop could also be disruptive to others such as Boingo Wireless, because why would people pay high fees for Internet access at the airport when they can get free (or nearly free) access through FreedomPop?

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Also, as much as business travellers would love to see universal free internet access, we are frequently faced with extra fees on trains, planes or at airports.

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What's more, Capellas has ratcheted up pressure on rivals this year by migrating 10% of MCI's phone calls from old circuit-switched networks--subject to those antiquated access fees--to the Internet, which is free of them.

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Free-speech advocates argue that the Internet, unlike a broadcast medium, requires users to pay access fees and that then they must persistently search out sites.

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In April the Federal Communications Commission proposed network access fees for some companies that provide telephone service over the Internet.

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