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FCC Prohibits Blocking of Personal Wi-Fi Hotspots

Posted by Soulskill on from the don't-be-a-jerk-marriott dept.

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.

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  1. Re: I am mad if I cant unplug my employee hotspots by CaptainDork · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Private hotspots aren't on your network.

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    It little behooves the best of us to comment on the rest of us.
  2. Free Pool but no Wifi? by thogard · · Score: 5, Insightful

    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.

  3. Re: This is a much bigger problem than you might t by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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