At 01:38 PM 7/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >CABLE COMPANIES CRACKING DOWN ON WI-FI >One of the best features of Wi-Fi networks is that anyone within 300 feet of >an access point can get on the Internet. At least, from the public's point >of view this is a benefit. But as more and more grassroots organizations and >public-minded citizens set up Wi-Fi "hotspots," ISPs are moving to shut them >down. Time Warner Cable of New York City has given 10 customers less than a >week to stop using their accounts to provide Wi-Fi access. Time Warner, AT&T >Broadband and other high-speed providers say that the redistribution of >bandwidth is illegal. Only one major company, Covad Communications, allows >paying customers to use their accounts for Wi-Fi networks. While many people >set up Wi-Fi networks specifically to permit access to anyone in range, a >number of people are unaware that their personal networks "bleed" for about >300 feet. Suzanne Guiliani, a spokeswoman for Time Warner Cable of New York >City, said that her company considers sharing of bandwidth not just as >theft, but as a drain on the existing resources for other subscribers. For >the present, companies are targeting only network groups who set up Wi-Fi >with the intention of sharing bandwidth. >[SOURCE: CNET News, AUTHOR: Ben Charny] >(http://news.com.com/2100-1033-942323.html?tag=cd_mh) That's BS. I PAY for my bandwidth, so i can do what I please with the bandwidth I bought. (as long as it's not for-resale/profit) Then I'd need a business line. How is it "theft" if you are giving it away to people, and it's not the companies to claim! You bought it from them. -Dean >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >(c) Benton Foundation 2002. Redistribution of this email publication - >both internally and externally -- is encouraged if it includes this >message. > >Communications-Related Headlines are compiled and summarized by Rachel >Anderson (rachel at benton.org), Andy Carvin (andy at benton.org), Shenaz >Malik (shenaz at benton.org) and Diana Schneider (diana at benton.org) of the >Benton Foundation -- we welcome your feedback. Based in Washington DC, >the Benton Foundation's mission is to articulate a public interest >vision for the digital age and demonstrate the value of communications >for solving social problems. Other projects at Benton include: > >Digital Divide Network (www.digitaldividenetwork.org) >Connect for Kids (www.connectforkids.org) >OneWorld US (www.oneworld.net/us/) >Sound Partners for Community Health (www.soundpartners.org) >Digital Opportunity Channel (www.digitalopportunity.org) >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your settings, or view archived postings, >visit http://owa.benton.org/archives/benton-compolicy.html > >_______________________________________________ >Twin Cities Wireless Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, >Minnesota >http://www.tcwug.org >tcwug-list at tcwug.org >https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tcwug-list -- Dean dean at ripperd2.dhs.org http://ripperd2.dhs.org/ Experience is something you don't get until just after you needed it.