The FCC just fined an internet company $750,000 for blocking personal hotspots

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by Sindy Cator on August 18, 2015 at 4:18 pm

Let’s face it, Wi-Fi at event venues sucks. That’s where tethering comes in handy – your mobile data often just works better than the venue’s connection. Unfortunately, it seems some internet providers weren’t so happy about that. The FCC today fined a Smart City, a telecommunications provider for conventions, meeting centers and hotels for blocking consumers’ data connections so they’re forced to use the venue’s $80 daily service. The FCC’s chief of enforcement said: “It is unacceptable for any company to charge consumers exorbitant fees to access the Internet while at the same time blocking them from using their own…