Well, if you are worried about how BellSouth or Cox is going to make ends
meet, then change the question.
What if a group of users got together, pooled their resources for a shared
commercial class connection and created a wireless LAN in their
neighborhood or office building?
At 02:05 PM 3/8/2002 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
>(Response #1)
>Jeezus Fscking Xrist. Do what every other adult does: get a
>job, prioritize, budget your money, and pay your bills.
>
>(Response #2)
>This is _so_ against AUP, and I can make a very good argument
>that it is stealing.
>http://support.cox.net/custsup/policies/acceptableuse.shtml
>One of the Prohibited Activities is
>* Use the Services on more than a single computer, unless
> otherwise authorized by CoxCom.
>I really don't think that Cox (or Charter, or BellSouth, for
>that matter) would look kindly upon a dozen seperate households
>sharing one line.
>
>The relevant paragraph in the article focuses on "you can't tell
>us we can't broadcast over 802.11b". Well, the ISP doesn't really
>_care_ what the "medium of exchange" is. They'd be just as pissed
>if I ran cat5 from my switch to my neighbors.
>
>
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