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FCC Fines Another Large Firm For Blocking WiFi

Posted by timothy on from the commons-problems dept.

AmiMoJo writes: Another company is learning about the fine points of Section 333 of the Communications Act, which prohibits willful interference with any licensed or authorized radio communications. This time, M.C. Dean, who provided the Baltimore Convention Center's in-house WiFi service, were caught by the FCC sending deauthentication frames to prevent hotspot users maintaining a connection. The complainant alleged that M.C. Dean's actions were identical to those that had earned Marriott a $600,000 fine only weeks earlier.

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  1. FCC Fines by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The fine was fined - by the Department of Redundancy Department.

  2. Nice headline writing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    FCC Fines Ralph Fiennes, Larry Fine, and Richard Feynman a Mighty Fine Fine for Blocking WiFine

  3. Re:"Fines another large fine"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    It looks fine to me.

  4. Re:"Fines another large fine"? by FatdogHaiku · · Score: 4, Funny

    I appreciate Slashdot has standards, and one is "If you didn't preview, nuh nuh, even though we make it easy to submit without previewing and don't do what every other website does", but, really, the editors should change the headline.

    OK, when did we get standards?
    And how come there has not been a single moo on this page yet?
    Did I wake up in an alternate universe?

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