Marriott has officially withdrawn the petition to the Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) for guidance on whether it could limit its guests ability to connect to Wi-Fi networks. The hotel chain has decided to simply drop the whole practice completely.
"Marriott International listens to its customers, and we will not block guests from using their personal Wi-Fi devices at any of our managed hotels," the hotel chain issued a statement in the light of customers protests. The hotel chain will look for other methods to maintain Internet security on hotel properties.
Microsoft Corporation and Google Inc have joined to object the petition filed by Hotel Marriott that asks the right to block personal Wi-Fi hotspots in premises of the hotel. Google and Microsoft objected that devices with capability to infer with radio signals are illegal.
