It is my understanding that the Time Warner Cable contract does not even allow you to set up a "private" LAN (wired or wireless) which shares your connection, since they want to charge you per IP address. My contract states that I may not configure any connection with 2 NICs in a PC.
Not that any of this has stopped me... but if Time Warner is monitoring this newsgroup, I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice, and I am not suitable for any purpose, including the one for which I was intended. >From: "rick tait" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:22:31 -0400 > >Declan, > >I've not seen anything on Politech regarding this specific issue before, but >my roommate just called me and let me know that Time Warner Cable of NYC has >just sent me a snotty letter basically telling me to shut off my public >access point immediately - PERIOD - as its not allowed according to the >contract I signed to get their cable service. > >I don't have the letter in front of me, but if you're interested, I can get >it to you this evening. > >I plan on calling/writing to TWCNYC and asking them if they consider an >access-protected 802.11 network is still an infringement of their contract, >meaning if I only allow MYSELF access, and no-one else. Is the fact that its >just "there" (admittedly unusable by anyone without the access key) an >exception to the contract? > >Now I have to shield my apartment in lead because I can't "advertise" my own >private 802.11 network because the backend of the network is TWCNYC's? > >I don't like where this is going. > >RMT. > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list >You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. >To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html >This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ >Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
