We need to wait on an unfortunate school to be sued by a student due to Mi-Fi blocking in a Residential Property
-Student: I pay rent, I can do whatever I want in my room -School: We provide “free” Wi-FI to all rooms and the interferences are becoming unmanageable to a point where we have more trouble tickets than packets being successfully sent or received. We had to do something. -Lawyers: Either way, we will cash on this! -FCC: So, we have an Interferer being interfered by another interferer. Could Scott Adams please give us some wisdom on this Philippe Philippe Hanset > On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:40 AM, Lee H Badman <[email protected]> wrote: > > It's a good point, and there was a bit of chatter on this on Twitter. The FCC > has left the whole thing way too open-ended given the popularity of Wi-Fi, > and a lot of topics bleed over on to each other. > > I'd be surprised if they responded in any way- the preference seems to be to > ambush users with fines. > > > Lee H. Badman > Network Architect/Wireless TME > ITS, Syracuse University > 315.443.3003 > From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Philippe Hanset > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 10:34 AM > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 6-month follow-up to Marriott/FCC Wifi blocking > stories > > Lee, > > I just read your Open Letter. Good work. Thank you. > > One question that I have for future reference is: > “What constitutes blocking?” > > You mention White Noise or Frame manipulation… > What if building owners have frequency blocking material as part of the > design of the building. > This could be considered passive blocking as opposed to white noise or frame > manipulation but it is blocking regardless. > We might want to know the FCC point of view on this before we create “wave > free classrooms”! > > Best, > > Philippe > > Philippe Hanset > www.eduriam.us <http://www.eduriam.us/> > > > >> On Aug 20, 2015, at 10:16 AM, Lee H Badman <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to get the FCC's attention on this: >> >> https://wirednot.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc/ >> <https://wirednot.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc/> >> >> -Lee >> >> Lee H. Badman >> Network Architect/Wireless TME >> ITS, Syracuse University >> 315.443.3003 >> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Mike King >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 9:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 6-month follow-up to Marriott/FCC Wifi blocking >> stories >> >> I know it's two weeks later, but Smart Holdings just got smacked by the FCC >> for the same thing. (Which is probably why you were asking) >> >> http://gizmodo.com/its-about-damn-time-fcc-says-convention-centers-cant-b-1724805719?dfp_pp_ab=on&dfp_desktop_three=off&utm_expid=66866090-43.E9Bjfd6NTuSlXJewu2e_Ig.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F >> >> <http://gizmodo.com/its-about-damn-time-fcc-says-convention-centers-cant-b-1724805719?dfp_pp_ab=on&dfp_desktop_three=off&utm_expid=66866090-43.E9Bjfd6NTuSlXJewu2e_Ig.1&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F> >> >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Bob Brown <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I’m looking to follow up on a series of stories we ran in late 2014/early >> 2015 >> <http://www.networkworld.com/article/2879142/wireless/fcc-still-has-ton-of-explaining-to-do-on-wi-fi-blocking-rules.html> >> on the Marriott Wifi blocking issue. To refresh, the FCC fined Marriott for >> blocking a Wifi hotspot (or hotspots) at one of its hotel convention >> centers. The incident sparked quite a bit of discussion on this listserv, >> as university/college network pros wondered whether their own Wifi >> management/security practices would now be considered legit and whether the >> products they were using could still be used. >> >> *I’ve followed up with Marriott, whose CIO kicked me over to public >> relations, which naturally declined to comment. >> *The hospitality industry trade group had said at the time of the >> FCC/Marriott decisions that it was going to launch a cybersecurity task >> force to study this topic further, but they haven’t responded to my >> inquiries, so I’m not sure whether such a task force was formed and if so, >> whether it has accomplished anything. >> *The FCC has been unresponsive on this matter entirely. >> *I’ve contacted WLAN vendors that I spoke to for some of the original >> articles to see if anything has changed on their end since the start of the >> year and they haven’t had much to say so far. >> >> So, based on all this, I don’t have much of an update to write about at this >> point…perhaps exactly what these parties would like. >> >> But, I’m also wondering if any of you who were trying to figure out earlier >> this year what the FCC decision/Marriott response meant to you, have taken >> any new approaches to managing/security Wifi on your campuses. 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