The internet is no longer any fun

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as a paying guest, you have permission, and if you put everything back
the way it was, there's no damage.

As a paying guest you still don't have permission to mess with the
wiring or plumbing. Even if you put it back. Call any hotel and ask
them. I can guarantee the answer.

guarantees fail when there's an exception and plumbing is very
different than a phone jack.

i used to go to a conference where we did ask for access to the hotel's
networking closet and got permission to do pretty much anything within
reason. we ran networking cables to the various conference rooms,
before wifi was a viable option. we also moved lots of furniture. at
the end of the conference, everything was restored to how we found it.
no issues whatsoever.

these days, people connect their laptop, tablet or phone to the tv in
the room and watch their own movies instead of the overpriced hotel
movies. there are numerous how-tos online. reconnect everything and
there's no issue. if there was, the hotel industry would go after such
sites.

people also set up their own wifi networks to avoid paying for the
overpriced hotel wifi, in addition to privacy concerns. marriott didn't
like that and illegally blocked it, up until they got caught.
https://www.cnn.com/2014/10/03/trave...fine/index.htm
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Marriott has agreed to pay a $600,000 fine after the Federal
Communications Commission found the company blocked consumer
Wi-Fi networks last year during an event at a hotel and conference
center in Nashville.
At the same time, Marriott was charging exhibitors and others as much
as $1,000 per device to access the hotel's wireless network, the FCC
announced Friday.