[Gllug] Virgin ``Internet'' Cafes

[Darren Clark]

There is probably a case of misleading marketing, perhaps if they rephrased the to "unlimited web viewing" or similar as to us the internet is certainly more than just looking at a web page.

Perhaps we should have a list of any good internet cafe's that allow ssh.

Kind Regards

Darren



On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 02:06:40PM +0100, Jon Masters wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I went in to the newish Virgin "internet cafe" over on TCR last week.
> 
> They are offering "unlimited internet access" for only ?1 per hour as an
> introductory rate. ``This is great'', I thought, so I had a look...
> 
> After logging in to the (yucky) W2K system with the smartcard provided,
> I began the ritual of downloading putty and trying to connect to
> offsite. Guess what? Yes, they do everything through proxies and do not
> in actual fact offer real *INTERNET* access at all. They offer a subset
> of the Internet in much the same way as some academic institutions and
> other places now do too. This kind of FALSE ADVERTISING is very wrong.
> 
> I went and complained and kicked up a loud fuss for a couple of minutes
> (and made sure everyone else heard what I was saying too) but I don't
> feel I have got through to them - something further is required.
> 
> Anyone want to help explain to them why FALSE ADVERTISING is wrong?
> 
> --jcm
> 
> 
> 
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