The Federal Communications Commission is coming down on companies for blocking Wi-Fi signals, according to a recent blog post by Mark Brennan and Tom Peters of Hogan Lovells. Earlier this month the FCC issued two fines: one against M.C. Dean for allegedly disabling the use of Wi-Fi devices at the Baltimore Convention Center, and the other against Hilton Worldwide Holdings for failing to respond to, and obstructing, the agency’s investigation.
“The M.C. Dean and Hilton cases are the latest in a series of Commission enforcement actions related to Wi-Fi blocking at hotels and convention centers,” explain the authors. The FCC has also fined Smart City Holdings this year for blocking signals at multiple convention centers, as well as Marriott International last year for interfering with guests’ personal wireless hot spots.
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