Really obnoxious.
They are asking the FCC to allow them to use equipment to stop people from using their cell phones to give their computers internet access -- a process called tethering.
This is obviously to force guests to purchase their expensive internet services.
They are lying and claiming they're doing it to stop hackers (lol).
http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/25/tech...ifi/index.html
Right because they are doing such a bang up job at it so far.
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My tether software allows me to hide my tether connection, so this is like the lamest petition ever.
There are only 4 things a hotel room needs:
Internet
Electricity
Running water
A bed
In roughly that order.
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Wow, fucking ridiculous.
The only time I tether is when the hotel's Internet is dog shit which is about 50 percent of the time. I prefer not to tether as if the hotel has stable Internet the download speeds tend to be a lot faster than what I can get on my phone.
I dont think the Marriott realizes how many people currently dont complain to the front desk, or may even would attempt to leave their hotels, when the Internet is either unstable or plan doesn't work at their properties. The reason many don't is because they have tethering as a backup plan. As someone mentioned in this thread, Internet is probably the #1 thing people need in a hotel.
Also, I admit I dont know anything about the technology they are proposing, but I would think it would be hard to contain the hot spot "black out" to just the hotel. It seems if the hotel had neighbors, it could potentially spill over to them and accidentally block them out as well. I wonder how the technology to stop hot spots only stays within the perimeter of the hotel.
Last edited by cmoney; 12-26-2014 at 05:44 AM.
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If that passes I would never consider staying at Marriott again..I would downgrade to a lesser hotel on principle only..a save a few bucks..win-win situation..I actually pay 5 bucks a month for 2.5gig,s
My great great great great grand dad paid about the same for 2.5 nigs. Your deal seems like a steal these days.
Grain of salt this but I think their proposed solution is to jam the RFC mandated frequency range for the tether itself.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
You obviously don't have any negotiating skills..I also pay 149 for a triple play cablevisiom platinum every channel they offer and all the on demand networks and DVR..mobile is 65 unlimited 4g talk text and 2.5 hotspot..I paid cash for the phone..
Keep on watching college and high school sports and playing video games..
U were given the chance to say negrotiation and passed it up. Must be a dupe. Drexel or better since sonatine gave you attention.
Still wouldn't phase me because I run a wire, not create a hotspot. Unless they are talking about knocking out all wifi/4g in the hotel, then, duly noted. But at that point they're fucking with phone service and that shouldn't be legal.Grain of salt this but I think their proposed solution is to jam the RFC mandated frequency range for the tether itself.
Totally agree. I know almost nothing about CMDA traffic beyond the obvious but I dont see how they could impact one element of the cellular traffic without either blocking ALL cell traffic or getting a search warrant to intrusively inspect packets and modify per spec.Still wouldn't phase me because I run a wire, not create a hotspot. Unless they are talking about knocking out all wifi/4g in the hotel, then, duly noted. But at that point they're fucking with phone service and that shouldn't be legal.
"Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness." - Alejandro Jodorowsky
"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream. The American non-dream is precisely a move to wipe the dream out of existence. The dream is a spontaneous happening and therefore dangerous to a control system set up by the non-dreamers." -- William S. Burroughs
Sorry guys, really not a tec guy..too busy working 60 hours a week most of my life..thanks for not coming down in me too hard..still miss my commodore 64.lol
Still very shady..just because they Evan tried I will overlook them next time I book
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