Marriott Fined $600k For After Blocking Personal Hotspot

The funny thing about this is that Marriott will only have to sell wi-fi service six hundred times to pay this fine.

That hotel sells dedicated wireless services and custom networks for convention purposes at prices ranging from $250 to $1,000 per access point. But on that same setup is a "monitoring system" that allows the company to effectively shut down any other Wi-Fi networks that are not their own, such as one produced by a MiFi or similar personal portable Wi-Fi device.

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