The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday issued a public enforcement advisory that Warns hotel chains and other commercial establishments About Intentionally Blocking or interfering with Wi-Fi hotspots. The FCC's Enforcement Bureau claims that interfering with Wi-Fi Hotspots is illegal and that it will take appropriate action against violators by imposing substantial fines.
The warning follows an FCC investigation in which the government agency discovered a so-called "disturbing trend" where Hotels and other commercial establishments were purposefully Blocking wireless customers from connecting to their Wi-Fi hotspots. Marriott Hotels was found to have "deployed a Wi-Fi deauthentication protocol" to block customers from accessing Wi-Fi and agreed to pay a $600,000 fine.
iPhone users have long resorted to Personal Hotspot to turn their cellular data connection into a Wi-Fi network for the purpose of tethering a Mac or other connected device. Apple made Personal Hotspot more convenient in iOS 8 with Instant Hotspot, a new feature that automatically detects when an iPhone is within close range of an iPad or Mac and displays the device in the list of available Wi-Fi networks.
01-28-2015, 06:32 PM
FCC Warns Hotels About Intentionally Blocking Wi-Fi Hotspots [iOS Blog]
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