Re: Marriott wifi blocking

[Jay Hennigan <jay () west net>]

On 10/6/14, 8:41 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:

> Actually, in multiple situations, the FCC has stated that you are responsible
> when deploying a new unlicensed transmitter to insure that it is deployed in
> such a way that it will not cause harmful interference to existing operations.
>
> Using the same SSID of someone else who is already present would, IMHO,
> meet the test of “causing harmful interference”.

Really? From a radio perspective if it isn't on the same RF channel?

I'm not so sure about that. It might cause interference to the revenue
stream, it could be considered a trademark infringement especially if it
leads to a fake "splash page" with the Marriott logo, and it could
certainly be used for malicious MITM purposes, but it doesn't cause
harmful interference to the existing user from the perspective of radio
frequency use.

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