The FCC on Tuesday issued a warning that intentional blockage of personal WiFi hotspots was illegal and would be subject to enforcement. The FCC has noticed a “disturbing trend” among hotels and other commercial establishments of blocking consumers’ personal WiFi hotspots on their premises, its advisory notes. The agency last year conducted an investigation of Marriott International for WiFi blocking. In that particular case, a Marriott hotel had used a WiFi deauthentication protocol to deliberately block personal WiFi signals.
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FCC Issues Tough Warning Against WiFi Blocking
Posted by: Erika Morphy January 29, 2015 12:44 PMThe FCC on Tuesday issued a warning that intentional blockage of personal WiFi hotspots was illegal and would be subject to enforcement. The FCC has noticed a “disturbing trend” among hotels and other commercial establishments of blocking consumers’ personal WiFi hotspots on their premises, its advisory notes. The agency last year conducted an investigation of Marriott International for WiFi blocking. In that particular case, a Marriott hotel had used a WiFi deauthentication protocol to deliberately block personal WiFi signals.