Room Service: Wi-Fi Expected To Be A Standard Hotel Amenity.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)(Q & A)

Byline: DOUG TSURUOKA

Wi-Fi connections are still seen as a special perk at hotels. But over time, they'll be as ordinary as cable TV.

High-speed wireless will be folded into hotel guests' amenities. And most places won't charge separately for using it.

So says Aaron Dobrinsky. He's the chief executive of RoomLinx, a small firm that provides broadband wireless services to the hotel and lodging industry.

RoomLinx is an 18-employee firm that had $2.1 million in sales last year. But it completed a merger in late June with a public company, Arc Communications. That makes it one of a small number of listed companies supplying Wi-Fi to hotels.

Many hotels …