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30 Dec 05:04
It's likely a battle the hotels aren't going to win, as the wireless carriers, Google and Microsoft have all filed their own thoughts with the FCC strongly opposing Marriott's very specific interpretation of technology law. Combine those deep-pocketed companies with general consumer annoyance, and it seems unlikely that the FCC's going to change its tune.
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Marriott Wants FCC OK In Blocking Tethered Modems, Hotspots -
Back in October we noted that Marriott agreed to pay a $600,000 fine to the FCC for blocking user access to their own tethered phones or mobile hotspots, instead forcing convention center attendees to use Marriott's pricey Wi-Fi. At the time we noted how this was a pretty clear example of Marriott simply using technology in an uncompetitive fashion, though in filings since Marriott has attempted to argue they were only looking out for the welfare and security of their customers.
Hotels have since petitioned the FCC for clarity on when it is or isn't ok to block Wi-Fi since, they argue, this is common practice for hospitals, at some corporate campuses, or at events like Defcon. The law prevents companies from "willfully or maliciously interfering with any radio communications of any station licensed or authorized by the government, something Marriott insists shouldn't apply to Wi-Fi:
quote:As it stands, Marriott and friends use deauthing attacks to disrupt communications between clients and routers (tethered phones, mobile hotspots). While they're dressing this up as a security concern, the primary interest, again, is protecting conference Wi-Fi revenues. Still, Marriott's insisting that deauthing isn't technically illegal.
The hotel group says the law against willful interference of communications signals shouldn t apply to Wi-Fi, because it doesn t use licensed spectrum. The law also shouldn t cover interference that results from efforts to monitor and mitigate threats to the security and reliability of its network, the hotel group said in an FCC filing in August.
It's likely a battle the hotels aren't going to win, as the wireless carriers, Google and Microsoft have all filed their own thoughts with the FCC strongly opposing Marriott's very specific interpretation of technology law. Combine those deep-pocketed companies with general consumer annoyance, and it seems unlikely that the FCC's going to change its tune.
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29 Dec 12:26
Gmail Has Been Blocked in China
by Jamie Condliffe
Gmail has been blocked in China, following months of disruption. Reports suggest that China's Great Firewall is to blame, with large numbers of users being cut off from their email since last Friday.
29 Dec 02:26
Who let the air out of the balloon?
by Seth Godin
D GThis is a good post
Music, newspapers, books... most forms of media were exciting, high-pressure hothouses, environments with hits and winners and action and impact.
Many players in these industries are now trying to figure out where all the zing went. The mattering seems to have left. Where did it go?
It turns out that the air didn't get let out, the balloon disappeared.
Balloons have pressure because there's only one tiny opening. Scarce shelf space. Only room for one newspaper. Only forty titles on the Billboard chart. It's that opening that creates the environment that allows pressure to exist, that pulls the rest of the balloon taut.
But the opening is wide open now. The market has been offered infinity. Instead of a narrow, scarce selection of hits, those that consume media can have all of it, all the time. The long tail plus bite-sized pieces plus constant snacking.
A few generations ago, Gone With The Wind played at the only movie theater in town--every night for a year. Forty years ago, books stayed on the bestseller list for a year or more. Fifteen years ago, the front page ad on Yahoo was sold out for years in advance. Buying the one and only ad on the 'front page of the internet' was a no-brainer, a bargain at any price. Today, of course, there isn't a front page you can buy an ad on. No spot next to the cash register at the biggest chain of bookstores, either.
The abundance of choice feels like a good thing for those that want a choice. But yes, someone got rid of the balloon. All the economics are changing, as are consumption patterns, and they're shifting faster that the mindsets of those that create and publish.
Stop looking for the balloon. It's gone.
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29 Dec 01:57
The Yaybahar is a Weird New Acoustic Instrument That Sounds Like a Sweet Synthesizer
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29 Dec 01:41
This African President Allegedly Spent $18 Million On Cars In One Day
by Matt Hardigree
D Gbling bling
As far as African leaders go, Gabon's ruling Bongo family aren't terrible. They're not murderous genocidal maniacs. They're just corrupt and have maybe 1,000 luxury cars, many of which are allegedly never even driven.
29 Dec 01:32
Never know what you'll need this
by ghettoredhot
The post Never know what you'll need this appeared first on Ghetto Red Hot.
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29 Dec 01:31
Franken takes on Obama...
D Gfirst Warren now Franken? I may become a democrat if they keep calling out these banker elite assholes.
29 Dec 01:30
U.S. ISP Beats Others to 10Gbps Internet Punch
by Pulkit Chandna
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Minneapolis is now home to ‘fastest service the world has ever seen’
A couple of month back, South Korean ISP (internet service provider) SK Broadband gave those attending the 2014 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in Busan a glimpse of its upcoming 10Gbps (gigabits per second) internet service while the rest of the world, including the U.S., looked on with envy. Well, not so fast. Minnesota-based ISP US Internet has just beaten the South Korean company to the 10Gbps punch by announcing the roll out of a 10Gbps fiber broadband service in Minneapolis.
“US Internet redefines the phrase ‘broadband internet’ with the launch of it’s new 10GB [sic: read 10Gbps] internet service available to residential and small business owners, the fastest service the world has ever seen,” the company said in a recent press release.
Available now for $399 per month, the company’s (and the world’s) fastest internet plan comes with the promise of matching upload and download speeds that are tens of times faster than your average U.S. broadband connection.
It will be interesting to see for how long US Internet is allowed to remain the only provider of 10Gbps internet in the world by others, with a few other companies around the world, including the notable likes of Verizon and Google, also having such high speed internet offerings on their agenda.
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