<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear Dale,</div><div>If they built their Hotels like Faraday cages, to strengthen the building from all EMR [Think a real-life version of the fictional 007 'GoldenEye'], they wouldn't have a problem with the FCC. </div><div>/s/ Richard</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 12:11 PM, Dale Farmer via Stagecraft <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:stagecraft@theatrical.net" target="_blank">stagecraft@theatrical.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For those who haven't been following the bruhaha.    Marriott Opryland was blocking the use of wifi via personal hotspots. Presumably so they could sell their wifi service at $1100 per day.     Someone filed a complaint with the FCC and they got slapped with a $600,000 fine.    Marriott and a hotel industry lobbying group officially asked the FCC to rule on when and where such blocking could be deployed, with the putative purpose of protecting their networks from malicious hackers.<br>
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The FCC released it's ruling on the marriott wifi blocking matter.    WHat they did was essentially jamming, and anyone else who tries to do this will get "...substantial monetary penalties."<br>
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<a href="http://gizmodo.com/the-fcc-fined-marriott-for-600-000-for-blocking-guests-1642154851/1682126231" target="_blank">http://gizmodo.com/the-fcc-<u></u>fined-marriott-for-600-000-<u></u>for-blocking-guests-<u></u>1642154851/1682126231</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.fcc.gov/document/warning-wi-fi-blocking-prohibited" target="_blank">http://www.fcc.gov/document/<u></u>warning-wi-fi-blocking-<u></u>prohibited</a><br>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">/s/ Richard<br>_________</div>
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