We really need the vendors to step up on this one; they are selling the ability 
to do this. Why are they selling me an option that, if turned on, is illegal. 
Cisco, HP/Aruba, Ruckus, etc need to get off their butts and get involved in 
this. Maybe they are behind the scenes, but I don’t see or hear about it.


Thomas Carter
Network and Operations Manager
Austin College
903-813-2564
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From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Brown
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2015 10:21 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 6-month follow-up to Marriott/FCC Wifi blocking 
stories

Actually, I can’t claim to have had any inside info about the Smart Holdings 
situation: Guess it was just good intuition. But am on vacay this week, so will 
pick things back up next week and catch up on related comments. Thanks, Bob



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From: Lee H Badman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Thursday, August 20, 2015 at 10:16 AM
To: 
"[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] 6-month follow-up to Marriott/FCC Wifi blocking 
stories


I'm trying to get the FCC's attention on this:



https://wirednot.wordpress.com/2015/08/19/an-open-letter-to-the-fcc/​



-Lee


Lee H. Badman
Network Architect/Wireless TME
ITS, Syracuse University
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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

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. If so, and you’d be 
willing to share your story, please touch base (or feel free to share with the 
listserv if appropriate).

Regards,

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