Wi-Fi provider kicked users off their own hotspots at conventions
Smart City, a provider of Internet services at convention centers and hotels, will pay the U.S. Federal Communications Commission $750,000 for kicking users off their personal hotspots to try and force them to use its Wi-Fi service.
The FCC's Enforcement Division found that at five venues across the U.S., the Smart City network sent coded messages called de-authentication frames to devices connected to personal hotspots, such as those created by smartphones.
The messages are sent by Wi-Fi base stations to terminate connections and in doing so, the FCC believes Smart City was trying to force users to pay its $80 daily fee for Internet connectivity.
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