Hotel group asks FCC for permission to block some outside Wi-Fi

(Network World): 
http://www.networkworld.com/article/2862474/hotel-group-asks-fcc-for-permission-to-block-some-outside-wifi.html

  "However, the FCC did act in October, slapping Marriott with the fine
   after customers complained about the practice. In their complaint,
   customers alleged that employees of Marriott's Gaylord Opryland Hotel
   and Convention Center in Nashville used signal-blocking features of a
   Wi-Fi monitoring system to prevent customers from connecting to the
   Internet through their personal Wi-Fi hotspots. The hotel charged
   customers and exhibitors $250 to $1,000 per device to access
   Marriott's Wi-Fi network."

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The technical term for the hotels' stance on this is "bull" ...

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