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Re: This is a stupid waste of taxpayer money. Sounds like an absurd abuse of resources. It really does smell fishy.
Technical questions: Where is the line between tweaking your system to achieve maximum throughput and theft of service? I mean, could a user "tweak" his own system or software to a degree the ISP and the Feds would consider theft of bandwidth? Runner's attorney referenced software. Could software on Runner's own machine (and assuming it did not make config changes to Buckeye's network) have caused in increase in available bandwidth? [Not looking for a "how to" here, just trying to understand where the line is, and whether someone could innocently stumble into "theft".]
Philosophical questions: What if the user bought and owns the modem? Is it a crime to modify your own equipment [again, without modifying network software or infrastructure] to maximize throughput? What's wrong with drawing the most your line will support?
Finally, why isn't it a crime for ISPs to provide less than the advertised bandwidth? Some routinely provide far less than advertised, for reasons that have nothing to do with traffic or temporary equipment problems. It's like fixing the scales or the meter on a pump. I bet the oil companies would like to be able to charge $1.279 for "up to a gallon" of gas, the butcher charge $15.00 for "up to a pound" of filet mignon, and AT&T charge $0.09 for "up to a minute" of long distance, which is kinda what the ISPs do in their TOSs. |
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 DataDocMy avatar looks like me, if I was 2D.Premium
join:2000-05-14
Greenville, NC
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... and AT&T charge $0.09 for "up to a minute" of long distance...
Don't they already do this? 
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Key West, FL
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said by not2cr8iv:
Technical questions: Where is the line between tweaking your system to achieve maximum throughput and theft of service?
Very simple it wasn't tweaking it was illegally reconfiguring the cable modem. (Just like illegal TV descramblers)
Because most ISP's are interstate federal agencys can get involved.
This is also (except maybe for the FBI), NOT an unusual even it has been reported here a number of times and almost all "uncapping" cable threads here roundly say don't risk it.
Not to mention the ethical nature of screwing your neighbor, by hogging limited bandwidth per node.
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