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FCC Fines Smart City $750K For Blocking Wi-Fi

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-so-smart-city dept.

schwit1 writes: FCC's Enforcement Bureau today announced a $750,000 settlement with Smart City Holdings, LLC for blocking consumers' Wi-Fi at various convention centers around the United States. Smart City, an Internet and telecommunications provider for conventions, meeting centers, and hotels, had been blocking personal mobile 'hotspots' that were being used by convention visitors and exhibitors who used their own data plans rather than paying Smart City substantial fees to use the company's Wi-Fi service.

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  1. Class action law suit is deserved by gurps_npc · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Every single person that attended their events should join a class action law suit.

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  2. Re:Fine vs profit? by FranTaylor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    you can find this on google if you look:

    Marvin Chaney, 61, founder of RoboVault, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals on January 29 on the orders of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge John K. Olson for violation of court orders.

    Brandon bankruptcy attorney O. Reginald Osenton commented, “This goes to show you how important it is to follow carefully a judge's instructions, no matter what type of case you are involved in.”

    Olson issued the arrest order after Chaney and his attorney, Lawrence Wrenn, did not show up for a court hearing on January 17. Appearing shackled before the judge, Chaney said that Wrenn had advised him not to attend the hearing and that he had tried his best to produce the records that had been requested of him.