What do the Isles have against the internet?

OK, we've FINALLY reconnected to the net, after a couple failed attempts. These countries seem to love an arrangement where you do the following to connect:

1. Buy or get a free voucher from the front desk 0r the barista
2. Connect to the strongest wireless access point, which had better be the one that sold you the voucher.
3. Enter the username and password combination from the voucher card.
4. It doesn't work.
5. Go back to the front desk or barrista and explain the problem.
6. "Sorry, it just doesn't work sometimes"
7. The desk/cafe dude hands you another voucher from a large deck 0f them.
8. Repeat steps 3 through 6 until the desk/barrista dude says "It's some BT thing. Sometimes these vouchers just don't work." (Implication: hey, we tried; what's yer problem?）

Contrast to the USA:

1. Enter your room
2. Turn on your computer
3. Enter your browser and click "OK".
4. use the net.

But hey, the view here is a LOT better :-)