"Marriott Hotel Services has come to a $600,000 agreement with the Federal Communications Commission to settle allegations that the hotel chain "interfered with and disabled Wi-Fi networks established by consumers in the conference facilities" at a Nashville hotel in March 2013.
According to the nine-page order issued on Friday, a guest at the Gaylord Opryland hotel in Nashville, Tennessee complained that the hotel was "jamming mobile hotspots so you can’t use them in the convention space." Is this a distinction between them blocking in their "conference facilities" vs. their hotel rooms? We all know that radio signal propagation is not so clean cut, but I'm wondering if the lawyers are seeing things differently. Kitri Waterman Network Engineer (Wireless) University of Oregon On 10/3/14 2:07 PM, Thomas Carter wrote: > > I suspect the clause will still be valid, but we cannot use wireless > countermeasures to enforce them. Telling students to turn them off, > disabling wired ports, student discipline, etc are outside the FCC’s > jurisdiction it seems to me. > > > > Thomas Carter > > Network and Operations Manager > > Austin College > > 903-813-2564 > > AusColl_Logo_Email > > > > *From:*The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Brian Helman > *Sent:* Friday, October 03, 2014 3:39 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] It would seem FCC just declared WLAN > quarantine features illegal > > > > I just saw this on CNN and jumped on the list to post. Using your own > AP is against the AUP everyone signs at our institution. Now I wonder > if that clause is invalid. > > -Brian > > > Sent from my Galaxy S4. Tiny keyboards=typing mistakes. Verify > anything sent. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Frank Sweetser <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > To: "[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>" > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 3:55 PM > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] It would seem FCC just declared WLAN > quarantine features illegal > > I think a good chunk of the use is even more insidious than that. > I've been > in a position where I've offered university guests access to our wifi. A > number of these users - smart, highly technical IT professionals - > instead > just said "Nah, I'll just use my hotspot." > > I suspect it's a combination of two things. First, "I paid for it, so > I have > to use it to get my money's worth". Second, "I'd have to think about > how to > set up a new wifi, or I can just turn on my hotspot by rote memory." > > In both cases, the cost (or lack thereof) and quality of any host > offered wifi > doesn't even factor into the decision at all. > > Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu <http://wpi.edu> | For every problem, > there is a solution that > Manager of Network Operations | is simple, elegant, and wrong. > Worcester Polytechnic Institute | - HL Mencken > > On 10/3/2014 3:21 PM, Philippe Hanset wrote: > > Everything would be so much simpler if locations would provide Wi-Fi > for free > > or at a reasonable price. > > When a technology is used by everyone (e.g. Electricity) like Wi-Fi, > just > > include it in the cost of doing business. > > Stop charging users for Wi-Fi, especially when the room is already at > > $200+/night. People will bring their own Mi-Fi or smartphone-hotspot, > > and bypass the silly cost model! > > > > At Educause this week the Vendor-floor was plagued with hundreds of > Mi-Fi and > > private Wi-Fi. > > The event was charging upward of $150/day for Wi-Fi to exhibitors. > So, many of > > them had their own solutions! > > > > Humans are resourceful...and if you piss them off they will read the > law and > > call the FCC (or they pirate your network ;-) > > > > Philippe > > > > Philippe Hanset > > www.eduroam.us <http://www.eduroam.us> <http://www.eduroam.us> > > > > > > > > On Oct 3, 2014, at 2:22 PM, Lee H Badman <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > >> > >> What do you all think of this? > >> > http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/after-blocking-personal-hotspot-at-hotel-marriott-to-pay-fcc-600000/ > > >> > >> - Lee Badman > > > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. <http://www.educause.edu/groups/> > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this > EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
