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<span style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;
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alt="Marriott logo" align="left" height="60"
width="120">A couple of months ago, we published
a <em>4cast</em> post about <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/?p=4954">"Jamming
hotspots"</a> and the big fine the Marriott
hotel chain had to pay the Federal Communications
Commission after people complained that Marriott
was blocking the mobile hotspots those people were
trying to set up in convention centers, to bypass
the (expensive) Marriott Wi-Fi. Well, the fine is
not the end of the story. Marriott and the hotel
industry had already formally asked the FCC to
change their rules and allow them to block mobile
hotspots, and that request has now drawn some
significant opposition. As we noted before, all of
this could be of interest to technicians
responsible for maintaining library Wi-Fi
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<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2862472/hotel-group-asks-fcc-for-permission-to-block-some-outside-wifi.html">Hotels
ask FCC for permission to block guests'
personal Wi-Fi hotspots</a> (PC World | Grant
Gross) "Back in August, Marriott, business
partner Ryman Hospitality Properties and trade
group the American Hotel and Lodging Association
<a
href="http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/document/view?id=60000986872">asked
the FCC to clarify</a> [pdf] when hotels can
block outside Wi-Fi hotspots in order to protect
their internal Wi-Fi services. In that petition,
the hotel group asked the agency to 'declare
that the operator of a Wi-Fi network does not
violate [U.S. law] by using FCC-authorized
equipment to monitor and mitigate threats to the
security and reliability of its network,' even
when taking action causes interference to mobile
devices. The comment period for the petition
ended Friday, so now it's up to the FCC to
either agree to Marriott's petition or disregard
it."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.fiercewireless.com/tech/story/google-cisco-microsoft-others-weigh-marriotts-wi-fi-network-management-peti/2014-12-23">Google,
Cisco, Microsoft, others weigh in on
Marriott's Wi-Fi network management petition</a>
(FierceWirelessTech | Monica Alleven) "To
support their argument, the hotel industry
petitioners referred to a number of network
management practices at more than 20 public and
private universities, many of which use various
techniques to ensure network performance. 'In
every single policy cited, the university
reserves the right to limit use of its own
network,' Google said in its filing. For
instance, Duke University places restrictions on
users of excessive bandwidth on its network;
Georgetown prohibits the use of its proprietary
network for illegally sharing music or consuming
excessive amounts of storage. But these types of
practices are targeting the university's own
network. 'None of the schools prohibit students,
faculty or guests from accessing other networks
not managed by the university itself, as
petitioners seek permission to do,' Google said
in the filing."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://recode.net/2014/12/22/google-wireless-industry-not-down-with-marriotts-wi-fi-blocking-plan/">Google,
wireless industry not down with Marriott's
Wi-Fi blocking plan</a> (Re/code | Amy Schatz)
"The wireless industry's trade group, CTIA, <a
href="http://apps.fcc.gov/ecfs/comment/view?id=60001006018">noted</a>
that wireless phones or other gadgets that use
Wi-Fi have 'equal rights to use unlicensed
spectrum; no single entity may intentionally
prevent others from using that spectrum.' 'The
public is best served by increasing the
potential for these networks, not allowing an
individual Wi-Fi network manager unilaterally to
shut them down,' CTIA told the FCC. Wi-Fi
networks run on unlicensed airwaves, which means
that anyone can use them."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/why-google-inc-googl-microsoft-corporation-msft-are-fighting-marriott-international-inc-mar-337110/">Why
Google Inc & Microsoft Corporation are
fighting Marriott International Inc</a>
(Insider Monkey | Solon Harmony B. Dolor) "In
the first place, why should Marriott block
people from using their own smartphones (or
tablets and dedicated mobile Wi-Fi devices) as
Wi-Fi hotspots just so they can turn around and
charge $14.95 per day (nearly $20 if you get the
'enhanced' Wi-Fi connection option) for internet
connectivity? However, it can be safely assumed
too that Google Inc and Microsoft Corporation
are willing to take on Marriott International
Inc because they see that this could be
precedent to help them fight other businesses or
organizations that plan to do the same. In
essence, they are against deterrents to people
going online because they want people to
continue to use their services."</li>
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<p style="text-align: left; font-size: 20px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><small><strong><em>Articles
from <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org">Ohio
Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;">
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=2ad9c657-8cd8-4057-aeef-3e8b9013b98d%40sessionmgr110&vid=0&hid=118&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=cph&AN=96018855">Solving
the "Spectrum Crunch" unlicensed spectrum on
a high-fiber diet.</a> (<em>Computer &
Internet Lawyer</em>, June 2014, p15-28 |
Michael Calabrese)</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=0271463d-94c2-4094-979f-d9ebea771f95%40sessionmgr113&vid=2&hid=118&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=98485412">Turning
hotspots into dollars.</a> (<em>Multichannel
News</em>, 9/22/2014, p24 | Mike Farrell)</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.a.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=3784cef8-cd84-4581-bc80-72a4a7110d53%40sessionmgr4001&vid=0&hid=4109&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=99417713">FCC
fines Marriott $600,000 for alleged jamming
of Wi-Fi hotspots.</a> (<em>Computer &
Internet Lawyer</em>, Dec. 2014, p29)</li>
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