You may remember a post in October of this year about the Marriot chain being fined $600,000 after its hotel in Nashville, Tennessee was found guilty of blocking guests' mobile WiFi. Apparently the purpose was to encourage use of the Marriot’s own WiFi at between $250 & $1,000.
Now a group of hoteliers, including Hilton & Marriott, are asking the US Federal Communications Commission to grant permission for them to recommence disruption of guests personal WiFi. Claims include that personal Wifi can, “cause degraded service, insidious cyber-attacks & identity theft."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/12/23/us_hotel_chains_and_tech_firms_square_off_with_fcc_over_wifi_hotspots/
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