Venue A’s service and coverage was flawless, Venue B’s was troublesome and problematic (and of course not their fault until we proved it). Venue C didn’t get the chance to show how good their system was as the client understandably made ‘alternative arrangements’.

My advice to Event Planners is to check the costs of WiFi before signing off on a venue to avoid having no option but to pay what can be in my opinion excessive charges. And if in doubt about the technical characteristics such as bandwidth required, concurrency etc., do talk to an independent expert.

In short, it would appear we are still a long way away from being able to expect reasonable WiFi at all venues.