Articles tagged “fcc”

Online Travel

TripAdvisor’s Review Investigators Discover a Huge Travel-Robocall Scam

These fraudulent robocalls touting over-the-top and fraudulent travel deals are a scourge. Maybe a lot of them will stop now — but there are assuredly other scammers out there so travel brands, which are victims in addition to consumers, aren't home free yet.

TripAdvisor’s Review Investigators Discover a Huge Travel-Robocall Scam

Online Travel

FCC Proposes Fining Hilton for Not Cooperating in Wi-Fi Blocking Investigation

Marriott guests didn't take the chain's Wi-Fi-blocking practice sitting down and fought back, with Marriott International ultimately getting fined $600,000. What makes Hilton Worldwide think it can evade the same fate?

FCC Proposes Fining Hilton for Not Cooperating in Wi-Fi Blocking Investigation

Hotels

FCC Rules Hotel Wi-Fi Blocking Is Illegal and Subject to Penalties

The FCC couldn't have more forcefully rejected the hotel industry's efforts to block Wi-Fi hotspots at meetings, conventions or anywhere else.

Hotels

An Open Letter to the Hotel Industry on Wi-Fi Jamming: Let It Go

Fair or not, the modern traveler judges hotels by their Wi-Fi forwardness. The American hotel industry has everything to lose and nothing to win in this fight, even if it wins a ruling by FCC.

An Open Letter to the Hotel Industry on Wi-Fi Jamming: Let It Go

Online Travel

Marriott Wi-Fi Jamming Plans Resoundingly Opposed by the Public

Marriott is claiming that its plans are misunderstood and that it merely seeks permission from the FCC to jam others' Wi-Fi in its conference rooms only. But travelers are telling the FCC that they don't want to be reliant on hotel Wi-Fi in conference rooms and other areas of the hotel.

Marriott Wi-Fi Jamming Plans Resoundingly Opposed by the Public

Airlines

How Much Closer Are Passengers to Making In-Flight Calls?

In-flight calls are inevitable, but the rules surrounding their use and the etiquette that will arise is yet to be seen.

Business Travel

Skift Business Traveler: So Can We Use Our Phones or Not?

Online Travel

House Transportation Committee Pushes Bill To Ban Phone Calls on Flights

It would seem prudent to at least let the airlines make a decision on the wisdom of in-flight phone calls rather than unilaterally banning them. A ban could hurt airlines competitively among business travelers as some international airlines allow calls.

House Transportation Committee Pushes Bill To Ban Phone Calls on Flights

Airlines

Public Comments Oppose In-Flight Phone Calls As a ‘Horror Beyond Imagination’

There are so few comments on the FCC site in favor of in-flight phone calls that it is obvious that supporters have been too busy conducting very important business and otherwise shooting the breeze on their smartphones to actually weigh in. Hold on.

Public Comments Oppose In-Flight Phone Calls As a ‘Horror Beyond Imagination’

Airlines

FCC Moves One Step Closer to Lifting Ban on In-Flight Phone Calls

The FCC did not vote to end the ban on in-flight calls, but to continue the conversation and start the public comment process -- an important distinction that was muddled by some in the moment.