Marriott has been caught blocking guests' mobile hotspots as a way of getting them to pay for Wi-Fi. I'm borderline clueless when it comes to technology, and even I know you can't do that. Via Bloomberg: "Marriott employees blocked mobile “hotspots” at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, while at the…
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So in another words, Marriott believes they have the right to control their 'airspace' which, if that were true, would set a dangerous precedent. Then they would theoretically be able to block anything that passes through their air space.
The press release i read said they were simply trying to stop sinners who were watching porn in their rooms
They thought they might read the bible instead and become whole and pure
Honesty with integrity just like the Marriott folks 🙂
More likely I'm assuming it's blocking cell phone signals so that people can't create Wi-Fi hotspots
Cell phone jammers are probably fall under fcc jurisdiction
They weren't jamming the cell signal but the wifi signal using one of a number of methods collectively called "containment."
http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2014/db1003/DA-14-1444A1.pdf
Network administrators wrestle with the issue of hotspots that may be set up by employes against company policy due to legitimate concerns about security but those concerns do not give them license to violate section 333 of the Communications Act but if they do so at least it is not to block access to an authorized service for the purpose of selling a replacement and their own economic benefit.