A large amount of fine to a hotel which interfered with tethering and had been providing paid Wi - Fi network

ByMichael Kappel

An industry-leading hospitality company with 19 hotel brands and over 3800 accommodation facilities, as well as thousands of directly operated and franchised accommodations around the worldMarriott InternationalIs an organization that regulates and supervises the broadcasting telecommunications business in the United States as being interfering with the tethering communication used by businessmen who visit the hotelFederal Communications Commission(FCC) was ordered to pay $ 600,000 (about 66 million yen).

Marriott to Pay $ 600K to Resolve WiFi - Blocking Investigation | FCC.gov
https://www.fcc.gov/document/marriott-pay-600k-resolve-wifi-blocking-investigation


After blocking personal hotspot at hotel, Marriott to pay FCC $ 600,000 | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/10/after-blocking-personal-hotspot-at-hotel-marriott-to-pay-fcc-600000/

Marriott International and its subsidiary Marriott Hotel Service are located in Nashville, TennesseeGaylord Opryland Resort & Convention CenterHe was ordered to pay 600 thousand dollars (about 66 million yen) from the FCC because he was obstructing the tethering communication used by businessmen visiting the convention center.

Exterior of Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center is like this. The convention center will be lent out during exhibitions and conferences, and so many businessmen will visit this facility.


In March 2013, from the person who used the Gaylord Oprylide Resort, the FCC said that he received an appeal saying, "Gayload Opryland Resort can not communicate in the vicinity of the convention center because tethering communication is being disturbed." is. After that, the FCC surveyed around the convention center, it turned out that in 2012 Marriott employees continued sending deauthentication packets to the tethering access point in the vicinity of Gaylord Opryland Resort as a daily work, That was interfering with the tethering communication of the businessmen who visited.

Also, while employees are interfering with tethering, Marriott will offer $ 250 (about 27,000 yen) to $ 1000 (about 11 He also said that he was also lending out expensive Wi-Fi network which also plans to pay 10,000 yen).

Furthermore, FCC Travis LeBlanc bureau director said, "The fact that a particular hotel deliberately made use of tethering impossible and provided the hotel Wi-Fi environment at high prices to guests and surrounding businessmen It is unacceptable thing. "