You know some people do want to give away their wireless service. If I go down to my local internet coffee shop and get free wireless everyone is happy. Why would I care if my neighbor is seemingly offering the same service? How do I distinguish between free and non-free? I would rather live in a world where I didnt have to question every free connection I get. If there is a private SSID then I wont bother to use it. If im tresspassing on someones land to receive the signal then I wont use it. But if I can sit at home and open my iBook and a connection pops up, im using it.
I think the people at http://www.austinwireless.net/ or http://www.bawug.org/ would agree. -----Original Message----- From: Teodorski, Chris [mailto:cteodorski@;ppg.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:46 PM To: Alaric Darconville; Jeff Knox Cc: Mike Dresser; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: WIRELESS THEFT I am amazed that this discussion continues.....it seems to me....theft of services is theft of services. You can't break into my house and use my stuff just because I don't lock the door...... -----Original Message----- From: Raoul Armfield [mailto:armfield@;amnh.org] Sent: Tuesday, October 22, 2002 12:59 PM To: Alaric Darconville; Jeff Knox Cc: Mike Dresser; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: WIRELESS THEFT :-----Original Message----- :From: Alaric Darconville [mailto:alaric@;cowboy.net] :Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 3:48 PM :To: Jeff Knox :Cc: Mike Dresser; [EMAIL PROTECTED] :Subject: RE: WIRELESS THEFT : : :"that means harmful interference to other devices" :Which is precisely what I was talking about. To get any 'usable' :downstream, you have to send upstream, at first just to initiate the :connection that you want, and then the normal TCP acknowledgments as you :receive the data. The bandwidth you use is bandwidth unavailable to the :other users, therefore the interference you generate IS harmful (as it :adversely impacts their authorized usage.) So are you saying that if I own a two way radio and interfere in the conversation of a third party that I am breaking the FCC regulation? Don't get me wrong I agree that it is not proper to use the Wireless signal that is being transmitted into the posters livingspace but it is a bit farfetched to call it harmfull interference. Raoul