On Friday, October 3, 2014 11:07:03 PM UTC-4, wrote:
On Fri, 03 Oct 2014 19:21:44 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:



...integrity:



Marriott fined $600,000 for jamming guests' Wi-Fi

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Friday - 10/3/2014, 7:20pm ET



SCOTT MAYEROWITZ

AP Business Writer



NEW YORK (AP) -- Marriott International will pay a $600,000 fine for

jamming conference attendees' own Wi-Fi networks at its Gaylord Opryland

Resort and Convention Center, forcing them to pay hefty prices to use

the hotel's own connection.



It is interesting that every Marriott we have stayed in had free WiFi

for the guests. Must be a Gaylord thing.



This is where the consumers can vote with their wallet.

If a few companies pulled their conventions, Marriott would fold.

I do agree that it is illegal to jam radio traffic tho,.

(the same reason your techy neighbor would get in trouble for jamming

drone signals). The whole area of cell phone jammers is working it;s

way through the courts as we speak.

It will eventually get down to property rights vs the right to use the

government's radio waves.

A friend in California, back in the old days, was among a group who built antennas that could receive a movie service that was broadcast, for pay, to customers. They were, in effect, stealing the movie service using that old rule that if it was broadcast over the air, you could receive it. The company providing the service sued, one of the guys that had built his own antenna that had deep pockets went to court, and he lost. All the folks with the renegade antennas had to take them down.