grumpy3b
join:2001-12-11
Lompoc, CA
 ·DSL EXTREME
 ·Millenicom
| Is this even legal to share your ISP connection?
Is this even allowed my most, if not all, end user agreements with the various ISP's? Most, if not all, of those I have read explicitly prohibit the sharing of your connection with anyone beyond the location it is installed. And they also state something to the effect that one cannot act as a "hotspot" for the neighborhood.
I am curious how this could even be legal. At best it would seem an act of large scale civil disobedience. |
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join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
 ·buckeye cable
| said by grumpy3b  :Is this even allowed my most, if not all, end user agreements with the various ISP's? Most, if not all, of those I have read explicitly prohibit the sharing of your connection with anyone beyond the location it is installed. And they also state something to the effect that one cannot act as a "hotspot" for the neighborhood. I am curious how this could even be legal. At best it would seem an act of large scale civil disobedience. You are correct; most residential (and even business class) broadband specifically prohibits setting up a hotspot. The only exceptions I've seen are some DSL providers such as Speakeasy. Further, there are things such as CALEA compliance to take into consideration. I wouldn't care about pissing off my ISP nearly as much as I'd worry about pissing off the government.
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jjeffeory
join:2002-12-04
USA | Yes, because we should be afraid of our government. 8-| |
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join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
·buckeye cable
| said by jjeffeory :Yes, because we should be afraid of our government. 8-| We live in screwed up times. That's why I'm voting for Ron Paul -- he's obviously a longshot, but if we can get him into office I'm hopeful he'll be able to pull us out of the "Surveillance State" direction that we're inching towards.
Just my $.02 worth. 
- Tate
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