One thing I'll add about this is that these wireless hotspots need to cover different types of uses than what you assume with traditional hotspots.
The event director of the American Public Human Services Association is not trying to put people on a MiFi or a Karma device—she's trying to ensure an entire room full of people at an education session or a large hall have access to an open wireless network.
That's a lot different usage than the average person might expect to run into. Her $30,000 bill is essentially to manage the wireless for the whole event.
I think it's actually misleading in the other direction than what you're suggesting–generally it's the vendors who are running into these frustrations with wireless blockers, not the event managers for the associations. The people who usually feel the brunt of the pain here are the vendors on the tradeshow floor, the startups and companies who are running stands that rely on a lot of multimedia gizmos.
These are the folks who are reaching out to the FCC, not the event planners.
The event director of the American Public Human Services Association is not trying to put people on a MiFi or a Karma device—she's trying to ensure an entire room full of people at an education session or a large hall have access to an open wireless network.
That's a lot different usage than the average person might expect to run into. Her $30,000 bill is essentially to manage the wireless for the whole event.
I think it's actually misleading in the other direction than what you're suggesting–generally it's the vendors who are running into these frustrations with wireless blockers, not the event managers for the associations. The people who usually feel the brunt of the pain here are the vendors on the tradeshow floor, the startups and companies who are running stands that rely on a lot of multimedia gizmos.
These are the folks who are reaching out to the FCC, not the event planners.