Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Owen DeLong
> On Oct 9, 2014, at 03:57, Larry Sheldon wrote: > > On 10/9/2014 02:40, Owen DeLong wrote: > >>> What where the laws and practices in the Olde Days of over-the-air >>> TV when somebody in a small town installed a translator to repeat >>> Big-Cities-TV-Station into a small town? >> >> The t

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/9/2014 02:40, Owen DeLong wrote: What where the laws and practices in the Olde Days of over-the-air TV when somebody in a small town installed a translator to repeat Big-Cities-TV-Station into a small town? The translator had to be operated by a holder of an FCC license for that translat

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 9, 2014, at 12:16 AM, Larry Sheldon wrote: > On 10/9/2014 02:03, Owen DeLong wrote: >> >> On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, William Herrin wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli wrote: On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: > On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/9/2014 02:16, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/9/2014 02:03, Owen DeLong wrote: On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, William Herrin wrote: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli wrote: On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: BART would not have had

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/9/2014 02:06, Owen DeLong wrote: As I recall, BART does not permit anything on their trains--water, baby bottles, and I thought radios. How do they get the authority to do that? They do not permit eating or drinking. You can carry water, baby bottles, etc. on BART trains. You can carry

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/9/2014 02:03, Owen DeLong wrote: On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, William Herrin wrote: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli wrote: On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: BART would not have had an FCC license. They'd have had contracts

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Owen DeLong
> As I recall, BART does not permit anything on their trains--water, baby > bottles, and I thought radios. How do they get the authority to do that? They do not permit eating or drinking. You can carry water, baby bottles, etc. on BART trains. You can carry a radio. You can operate a radio. Yo

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-09 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 8, 2014, at 2:11 PM, William Herrin wrote: > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli wrote: >> On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: >>> On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: BART would not have had an FCC license. They'd have had contracts with the various phone co

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 7, 2014, at 6:36 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:10:44 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > >> The only way to legally block cell phone RF would likely be on behalf >> of the licensee In other words, possibly, persuade the cell >> phone companies to allow this, th

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Owen DeLong
On Oct 7, 2014, at 6:10 PM, Jimmy Hess wrote: > On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Keenan Tims wrote: >> I don't think it changes much. Passive methods (ie. Faraday cage) would >> likely be fine, as would layer 8 through 10 methods. > > Well... actually... passive methods are probably fine, as l

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/8/2014 16:17, Keenan Tims wrote: There is a provision in the regulations somewhere that allows underground/tunnel transmitters on licensed bands without a license, provided certain power limits are honoured outside of the tunnel. Perhaps they are operating under these provisions? Which, i

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/8/2014 16:11, William Herrin wrote: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli wrote: On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: BART would not have had an FCC license. They'd have had contracts with the various phone companies to co-locate equi

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Keenan Tims
There is a provision in the regulations somewhere that allows underground/tunnel transmitters on licensed bands without a license, provided certain power limits are honoured outside of the tunnel. Perhaps they are operating under these provisions? K On 10/08/2014 02:11 PM, William Herrin wrote: >

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 4:37 PM, joel jaeggli wrote: > On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: >> On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: >>> BART would not have had an FCC license. They'd have had contracts with >>> the various phone companies to co-locate equipment and provide wired >>> backha

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread joel jaeggli
On 10/8/14 1:29 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: > On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Roy wrote: >>> On 10/7/2014 10:35 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/7/2014 23:44, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: >

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/8/2014 08:47, William Herrin wrote: On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Roy wrote: On 10/7/2014 10:35 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/7/2014 23:44, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: The cell service is not a requirement placed upon them,

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread William Herrin
On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 8:42 AM, Roy wrote: > On 10/7/2014 10:35 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: >> On 10/7/2014 23:44, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: >>> On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: The cell service is not a requirement placed upon them, I am pretty sure. >>> >>> How

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-08 Thread Roy
On 10/7/2014 10:35 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/7/2014 23:44, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: The cell service is not a requirement placed upon them, I am pretty sure. However, once having chosen to provide it, and thus create an expec

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Daniel C. Eckert
Cell phone service relies on specially licensed wireless spectrum whereas WiFi relies on specifically unlicensed spectrum. The rules/laws/expectations are fundamentally different for the two cases you outlined. Dan On Oct 7, 2014 5:29 PM, "Larry Sheldon" wrote: > I have a question for the compa

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/8/2014 00:35, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/7/2014 23:44, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: The cell service is not a requirement placed upon them, I am pretty sure. However, once having chosen to provide it, and thus create an expectati

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/7/2014 23:44, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: The cell service is not a requirement placed upon them, I am pretty sure. However, once having chosen to provide it, and thus create an expectation that cellular E911 is available, they'r

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 23:10:15 -0500, Larry Sheldon said: > The cell service is not a requirement placed upon them, I am pretty sure. However, once having chosen to provide it, and thus create an expectation that cellular E911 is available, they're obligated to carry through on that. pgpz6n3Z670ZN

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/7/2014 22:28, Roy wrote: On 10/7/2014 7:34 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/7/2014 20:59, Roy wrote: The SF Bay Area Rapid Transits System) turned off cellphones in 2011. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-admits-halting-cell-service-to-stop-protests-2335114.php and the FCC emphas

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Roy
On 10/7/2014 7:34 PM, Larry Sheldon wrote: On 10/7/2014 20:59, Roy wrote: The SF Bay Area Rapid Transits System) turned off cellphones in 2011. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-admits-halting-cell-service-to-stop-protests-2335114.php and the FCC emphasis that future actions "recogn

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Matt Palmer
On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 09:36:26PM -0400, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:10:44 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > > > The only way to legally block cell phone RF would likely be on behalf > > of the licensee In other words, possibly, persuade the cell > > phone companies to a

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Larry Sheldon
On 10/7/2014 20:59, Roy wrote: The SF Bay Area Rapid Transits System) turned off cellphones in 2011. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-admits-halting-cell-service-to-stop-protests-2335114.php and the FCC emphasis that future actions "recognizes that any interruption of cell phone servic

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Roy
The SF Bay Area Rapid Transits System) turned off cellphones in 2011. http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/BART-admits-halting-cell-service-to-stop-protests-2335114.php and the FCC emphasis that future actions "recognizes that any interruption of cell phone service poses serious risks to public

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Tue, 07 Oct 2014 20:10:44 -0500, Jimmy Hess said: > The only way to legally block cell phone RF would likely be on behalf > of the licensee In other words, possibly, persuade the cell > phone companies to allow this, then create an approved "special" > local cell tower all their phone

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Jimmy Hess
On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 7:43 PM, Keenan Tims wrote: > I don't think it changes much. Passive methods (ie. Faraday cage) would > likely be fine, as would layer 8 through 10 methods. Well... actually... passive methods are probably fine, as long as they are not breaking reception to nearby properti

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Keenan Tims
I don't think it changes much. Passive methods (ie. Faraday cage) would likely be fine, as would layer 8 through 10 methods. Actively interfering with the RF would probably garner them an even bigger smackdown than they got here, as these are licensed bands where the mobile carrier is the primary

Re: wifi blocking [was Re: Marriott wifi blocking]

2014-10-07 Thread Larry Sheldon
I have a question for the company assembled: Suppose that instead of [name of company] being offended by people using their own data paths instead to the pricey choice offered, [name of company] took the position that people should use the voice telephone service they offered and block cell ph