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Marriott Will Let You Use Your Own Wi-Fi, Like It's Doing You A Favor (readwriteweb)
Marriott hotels will no longer interfere with their guests' personal Wi-Fi hotspots, the hotel chain announced Wednesday. That includes within the confines of the company's lucrative convention and trade-show spaces, where it's charged attendees anywhere between $250 and $1,000 per device for Internet access.
"Marriott International listens to its customers, and we will not block guests from using their personal Wi-Fi devices at any of our managed hotels," the company posted in the news center on its website.
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Of course, hearing your customers gets a whole lot easier when blocking Wi-Fi access results in hefty fines, something Marriott knows about first hand. The hotel chain paid out $600,000 to the Federal Trade Commission in October, after customers complained about blocked Wi-Fi at its Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center in Nashville.
Prior to receiving the fine, Marriott and the American Hotel & Lodging Association trade group joined forces to file a petition asking for FCC- approved permission to block Wi-Fi access on hotel properties. Marriott attempted to "clarify" its intentions earlier in January, no doubt inspired by the ongoing stink raised by Internet companies and consumer …
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