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on Wednesday August 19 2015, @07:21AM
from the fire-across-her-nose-not-up-it dept.
from the fire-across-her-nose-not-up-it dept.
Smart City Holdings, a Wi-Fi provider for convention centers across the country, just got slapped with a hefty $750,000 fine from the FCC. The issue at hand? Blocking personal Wi-Fi hotspots on convention premises.
To call convention center internet prices a ripoff is a bit of an understatement. Smart City Holdings charges around $80 per day for access to their networks. By blocking personal Wi-Fi hotspots, it forces attendees to pay into this exorbitant scheme. "All companies who seek to use technologies that block FCC-approved Wi-Fi connections are on notice that such practices are patently unlawful," FCC commissioner Travis LeBlanc said in a statement, firing a warning shot to other would-be blockers.
This is good news for road warriors.
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Everything you know is wrong!
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Wednesday August 19 2015, @04:30PM
The difference being who and why. Of course the government doesn't want random laypeople blocking 911 calls at any given time; they only want government people doing so under specific circumstances.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"