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FCC Prohibits Blocking of Personal Wi-Fi Hotspots
alphadogg writes: The FCC on Tuesday warned that it will no longer tolerate hotels, convention centers or others intentionally interfering with personal Wi-Fi hotspots. This issue grabbed headlines last fall when Marriott International was fined $600,000 for blocking customer Wi-Fi hotspots, presumably to encourage the guests to pay for pricey Internet access from the hotel.
Can they prevent wireless companies from blocking hotspots next?
Physics is nothing like religion. If it was, we'd have an easier time trying to raise money!
Private hotspots aren't on your network.
It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
You have to have a free pool to get a 5 star rating. Too bad the ratings companies around the world haven't required decent and free Wi-Fi. Major hotel chains would change their offers in a hurry when they are down rated to a 4 star hotel.
It would be legal to build a faridaycage around your hotel.
Illegal is transmitters that jam a band. They would need to be FCC approved. And the FCC isn't approving them.
1. Your stupid policy of no wifi created the behaviour.
2. Authenticate physical connections to your corporate LAN. This function has been built into most non welfare switches for at least 15 years
The Technical manner of Marriott's jamming is less important than the Legal fact that they are doing it.
If I used a stupid protocol trick to jam your tv signal, but without radio jamming, it would be no less a violation of the law.
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.