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And very likely.. that act of "forcing them to disassociate" would count as interference... and be rather illegal if it went to court.

They have no authority to be able to interfere with your use of spectrum, just as you have none to interfere with theirs.

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> that act of "forcing them to disassociate" would count as interference... and be rather illegal if it went to court.

i think if a teenager did it to the Marriot then a closest DA or an FBI office would be immediately having the teenager on "unauthorized access" at minimum if not on some nice terrorism charge

That's precisely what Marriot was doing in this case, so yes, it would be against FCC rules.

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