[TheForge] Wireless internet connection - OT from blacksmithing

[Kevin Hall]

I did hear of one case where a person who was "stealing" wireless internet
was prosecuted. 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20050707-5068.html


-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Smith [mailto:jerry_smith at anvilsandinkstudios.com] 
Sent: Sunday, December 24, 2006 7:08 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Wireless internet connection - OT from blacksmithing

That is if the subscriber can give permission. Most of
you can afford to pay for this kind of service. I
worked in the cable trade for many years, people
didn't take cable theft laws very seriously until they
got caught. One guy lived in a $500,000 house drove
nice cars and stole Cable, he had to repay the cable
company for 2 years of maxium service including all
pay per views and got 6 months in jail. 

The general rule is that you are restricted to
distribution in your house hold, to family and on your
property. If you go beyond these boundries, then your
provider could charge you as a commercial
organization.

Doing the tech thing is a lot of fun, but be ready to
be responsible for your actions, either civil or
criminal complaints can happem. I don't want to be a
kill joy with all of this, but the figures from the
Satellite TV trade for theft of service for last FY
was $6 billion. Thats a lot of money.

Jerry


--- Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:

> 
> From: <PlumDon at aol.com>
> 
> 
> > Kindest thanks for the suggestion re the cantenna
> for 
> > a wireless internet
> > connection. I have been using it for eight days
> and 
> > have never failed to get
> > broadband or had it dropped while using. I well 
> > recognize that I may go to hell
> > or jail for doing this but I'm going to keep doing
> it 
> > and see which one comes
> > first.
> >
> > Don Plummer
> >
> 
> As long as you're doing it with the subscriber's 
> permission there is no problem, legal or moral.
> 
> Merry Christmas.
> 
> Frosty
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