The American hotel chain Marriott, which is also active in the Netherlands, promises no longer to the roads to search for the mobile wi-fi hotspots from customers to block. The hotel chain had previously been a penalty converted 510,000 euros.
Marriott has, according to Inc.com committed to other solutions to find than the blocking of wi-fi hotspots, after the company previously had agreed to pay a fine of 600,000 dollars by the FCC was imposed, converted 510,000 euros. Marriott tried initially to lobby for the ability to block wi-fi hotspots, but see there now.
The hotel chain blocked to own say mobile wi-fi hotspots from customers to prevent that interfereerden with the wi-fi access points from the hotel itself. The hotel chain claimed that you only do so in conference rooms or wifi hotspots a danger formed. Hotspots in hotel rooms and in the lobby were not blocked, the company said. As far as is known were in the Dutch Marriott locations are no hotspots blocked.