Marriott fined $600K for WiFi blocking
Briefs | 10/03/2014 8:50 pm EDT
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said Friday that it has fined hotel operator Marriott International Inc. $600,000 US for deliberately blocking people's access to personal WiFi hotspots at a convention area in Nashville, while charging as much as $1,000 per device for access to the hotel's WiFi network.