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Old 23-December-2008, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by BetaDust View Post
If someone is on a my monthly bandwidth limit, Unauthorized use, of the owner's WAP, could result in serious financial cost, to the owner of the WAP.
Yes, but it's worth pointing out that when you access somebody else's internet, you don't know whether or not they're on a bandwidth limit. So it's wrong in general to access without permission, not just if they are on a limit.

And if they are unlimited, "sharing" their internet access is like "sharing" somebody else's "All you can eat" purchase at a buffet restaurant. It ain't right.

And it's kind of interesting that so much of the focus has been on the wireless part of it. That's really just doorway - the real issue is that you're utilizing somebody else's cable/DSL/whatever physical internet connection.
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