Linked – Block chains: Hilton is the latest hotel suspected of blocking customers’ personal Wi-Fi

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“IT ALWAYS seemed improbable that Marriott was the only one. Last year the hotel chain paid $600,000 to America’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to settle a complaint that it had blocked customers’ personal wireless modems and hotspots at “at least one” of its hotels, forcing customers to sign up for expensive in-house internet access instead. Now Hilton has found itself in hot water over the same charge.”

They just can’t help themselves, but they really need to.

Block chains: Hilton is the latest hotel suspected of blocking customers’ personal Wi-Fi | The Economist

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