The question this post raises is can one 'legally' ban personal 3G hotspots? And the answer is, I suspect, that on your ticket which you need to be in any of the Olympic venues, it says that you agreed when you bought it to be bound by the rules the organizers might impose on you. And this is one of their rules, and so your bound by it.<p>That said, there are lots of access points provided and managing a dense AP infrastructure with un-sanctioned broadcasters is pretty difficult. Channel conflicts can take other paying customers right off the air and result in poorer service for everyone. That said, I notice they don't have any problem with people carrying in a multiport ethernet switch and letting other devices share their connectivity that way...
The list is here: <a href="http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/25/44/06/Prohibitedandrestricteditemslists_Neutral.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.london2012.com/mm/Document/Documents/General/01/2...</a>:<p>– Personal/private wireless access
points and 3G hubs (smart devices
such as Android phones, iPhone
and tablets are permitted inside
venues, but must not be used as
wireless access points to connect
multiple devices)<p>I wonder if they have through through how they plan on enforcing this control freakery?