Cable Companies Saying No to WiFi Sharing

blastedtokyo writes: "According to this story from CNet, Time Warner Cable is going after people who share their wireless connections via NYC Wireless or other public share networks. All we need is a warchalking symbol that conveys 'I'm a lawyer who doesn't have time to figure out how to set up a WEP link.'" This might remind you of a story posted the other day about other ways cable ISPs are trying to lock down their networks.

Comments

Follow the rules, shirkers

[Anonymous Coward]

If you don't play by the rules, you don't get to play at all. That's fair. You pay the bill knowing the limitations, so don't bitch and whine when you get caught.

Want to share your own connection? Get a dedicated line - a T3 or something. Then you can play all you want, as long as you can pay. That's how it works in a capitalist society.

Re:Why do they care?

[Beliskner]

We're paying them for our connection. Why do they care what we do with it after that? They've already got their money. And if you're like the majority of cable modem subscribers, you're capped anyway, so it's not like you're using more bandwidth than you're paying for, regardless of how many people you have sharing it at any given time.

LOL, to rephrase... Saddam is paying for his Uranium-238. Why should the US Government care what he does with it after that? They've got their money. If you're like the majority of the world, nobody uses nukes anyway, so it's not like he's going to use nukes regardless of how many people he shares the technology with.

Now nukes hurt people, and free bandwidth hurts telcos, if ATT and MCI go the same way as global crossing when the FBI finds they also use Arthur Andersen, the majority of the US might be left with no Internet whatsoever (?)