{"id":49400,"date":"2015-01-28T05:58:01","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/fcc-warns-wi-fi-blockers-to-knock-it-off.html"},"modified":"2015-01-28T05:58:01","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:58:01","slug":"fcc-warns-wi-fi-blockers-to-knock-it-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/fcc-warns-wi-fi-blockers-to-knock-it-off.html","title":{"rendered":"FCC warns Wi-Fi blockers to knock it off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The FCC is warning companies &#8212; generally speaking, hotels and convention centers and the like &#8212; not to block or jam Wi-Fi signals other than the ones they are so conveniently offering up at extortionate rates. While there were a lot of high-tech companies pushing for this stand from the FCC, it&#39;s still refreshing to see a ruling that actually benefits ordinary travelers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/01\/27\/fcc-issues-warning-on-wifi-blocking-cites-disturbing-trend\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed:+webworkerdaily+(Gigaom+News+-+Social+%26+Web)'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/-u97Iumx8650wYM_zJl0Q-4yEMwcm1q8YR3CzwTrhIPVsYovYhRUstLbRjS6Bv2HkZ6ltvms7GXKEMHDnl1-ejNTTTYmMMh8WNPOZRKlDOX6c6O76l25ZRFsR8TyXuUGwkCfMA_84fXP0RXyU5seNBg=w506-h303-p' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='https:\/\/gigaom.com\/2015\/01\/27\/fcc-issues-warning-on-wifi-blocking-cites-disturbing-trend\/?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed:+webworkerdaily+(Gigaom+News+-+Social+%26+Web)'>FCC issues warning on Wi-Fi blocking, cites &ldquo;disturbing&rdquo; trend &mdash;   Tech News and Analysis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/7M2CXSQdmmK'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FCC is warning companies &#8212; generally speaking, hotels and convention centers and the like &#8212; not to block or jam Wi-Fi signals other than the ones they are so conveniently offering up at extortionate rates. While there were a lot of high-tech companies pushing for this stand from the FCC, it&#39;s still refreshing to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/01\/28\/fcc-warns-wi-fi-blockers-to-knock-it-off.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;FCC warns Wi-Fi blockers to knock it off&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133141,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/03\/24\/the-fcc-looks-to-block-more-illegal-robocalls.html","url_meta":{"origin":49400,"position":0},"title":"The FCC looks to block more (illegal) robocalls","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 24-Mar-17 9:21am","format":false,"excerpt":"Yeah, that's very nice, but while we get some of these, I'm just as annoyed at legal robocalls. 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