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Marriott, Hotel Lobby, drop request to allow WiFi jamming

Paul Heymont · 2/2/158:12 PM

Marriott, which last year was fined $600,000 for blocking private WiFi hotspots at a convention hotel (forcing participants to pay up to $1000 for hotel service) has withdrawn from a petition it started (along with the American Hotel and Lodging...

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Congress to Hang Up Your Flying Phone? Maybe!

Paul Heymont · 12/10/139:12 AM

Responding to FCC proposals to allow inflight cellphone use, the chairman of the House Transportation committee has introduced a bill to ban the calls—not for safety, but to reduce the potential noise level. His bill would still allow use of...

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