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If you're a lay person you have the option to hire someone. Let's not forget, we're talking about businesses here (bars), not individuals.


Hiring an actual IT person to set it up would be a very difficult expense for many small businesses. Cafes usually operate on very tight margins. I just find this law completely ridiculous and an obvious result of hysteria. It is not a rational response to the very tiny risk of the dastardly and scary terrorists using free wifi.


As all businesses require it the chances that ISPs don't offer a service that includes that feature seems extraordinarily low. Seems like knowingly selling a service that wasn't capable of logging, under a legislative background that requires it, would also likely be unlawful.


No-one is forcing you to offer free wifi. Like with any business decision, you need to weigh the cost of the investment versus the expected return.




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