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A comment on $718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi devices (2015).

Re:$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi device... by Kazamai on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @03:46PM (#13321879)
Would it not be under the authority of a privately owned building to regulate their own Wi-Fi or radio signals?

For example, a movie theatre, airport or hospital could all have good reasons to block radio signals.

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Re:$718K penalty against M.C. Dean for blocking Wi-Fi device... by jdbernard on Wednesday January 04, 2017 @09:06PM (#13324097)
As I understand it, ownership of a space does not confer ownership of the radio spectrum, even within the confines of the space. They don't have the authority to regulate radio signals at all.
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