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Marriott fined $600,000 by FCC for blocking personal wifi
Posted on 10/3/14 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 10/3/14 at 3:32 pm
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Marriott entered into an agreement to pay a $600,000 fine on Friday, bringing an end to an FCC investigation that found the hotel blocked access to personal Wi-Fi hotspots at one of its hotels while charging guests as much as $1,000 to connect to its own Wi-Fi network. Employees of the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, used Wi-Fi monitoring software to find and jam people trying to access the Internet with their own devices, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) claimed. The FCC acted on a tip from someone who had stayed in the hotel during a conference. He said that Wi-Fi hotspots were being blocked while the hotel was charging exhibitors and attendees anywhere from $250 to $1,000 per device.
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I'm not sure how I'd react if I was told the wifi charge was $1000. That figure is so absurd I don't know whether I should be amused or insulted.
This post was edited on 10/3/14 at 3:34 pm
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Posted on 10/3/14 at 3:39 pm to TigerinATL
Hoping to take advantage of companies that just expense it during conventions, glad they got busted.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 3:40 pm to TigerinATL
probably still made money doing it even after the fine
Posted on 10/3/14 at 4:10 pm to TigerinATL
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I'm not sure how I'd react if I was told the wifi charge was $1000. That figure is so absurd I don't know whether I should be amused or insulted.
That's insane. I stayed there a couple years ago and I think the daily wifi access was under $20. I just used my LTE data. That just seems like price gouging.
The highest I've ever seen it was in ATL at the Ritz. Something like $30 for 24 hours, but it reset itself at checkout time, so if you paid for it at night it reset itself at 11 AM the next day.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 7:07 pm to TU Rob
You obviously haven't contracted for Wi-Fi service for a convention. It is nothing short of rape of the exhibitors.
Posted on 10/3/14 at 9:14 pm to HubbaBubba
Just went to Nashville (at Gaylord) with my company for a conference. When we saw the price of wifi, we packed a server and a router. Just deployed our app locally and said forget that noise.
Posted on 10/4/14 at 3:43 am to What Ever I Want
last yr we were setup for a business expo and they wanted to charge something like $125 for a electric hookup - I told the guy never mind I would bring my own gas generator - he sternly informed me that I couldn't run a gas unit indoors - I looked at the guy in my best are you that fukin stupid looks I could muster.
Posted on 10/5/14 at 11:03 am to TigerinATL
Anyone who has planned a meeting at a hotel can tell you about the IT rape. My favorite is the $600 daily rental on a $1500 projector.
Posted on 10/5/14 at 1:40 pm to TigerinATL
Screw Marriott. I paid $15 a day for internet/WiFi in my room to figure out it's not available in the conference/ball rooms. The conference has to pay to make WiFi available there.
Posted on 10/5/14 at 5:39 pm to STBTigerr
Amateurs. The new Music City Center is like $38/day for WiFi and I guarantee you they are blocking data in their conference rooms. You have to get near a window to get LTE or a phone signal and once the doors are closed in the conference rooms your phone becomes a brick.
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