Marriott wifi blocking

Mon Oct 6 19:56:44 UTC 2014

On Oct 6, 2014, at 12:07 PM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Clay Fiske <clay at bloomcounty.org> wrote:
>> Suppose from Marriott’s perspective that your personal wifi
>> network is interfering with the throughput of their existing network.
> 
> Then Marriott misunderstands the nature of *unlicensed* spectrum which
> anyone is allowed to use. There's a difference between interference
> incidental to one's lawful use and intentional, harmful interference.
> It isn't their spectrum. I have just as much a right to it as they do.
> 
> If the microwave oven in the adjoining room makes 2.4ghz unusable I'm
> out of luck. If Marriott sends deauth packets (or any other
> unsolicited packets) under my SSID, they're hacking my computer and
> that's generally understood to be unlawful.

Again, to be clear, I’m not defending Marriott or their actions.

I wouldn’t dispute your statements, but if the FCC set the tone as indicated by Owen then it sounds like it may not be that simple.

Depending how it was actually worded by the FCC, I could see a corporation using it in court to defend their perceived “right" to protect their wifi network from being “disrupted” by other traffic.

-c