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> On May 26, 2015, at 7:03 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote: > > You guys are a riot and I know God is laughing. .hell He made the duckbill > platypus...now thats funny. We had on business client install a ptp from his > business to his friends house. They went from 6 users to 15....it showed up > on cpe dhcp list and speeds slowed down. I throttled them to 1mbps after two > calls from us. He called to complain. .then threatened to cancel. We fired > him and shut down LAN port. He called me a few choice words...oh > well...next...I should have asked if I could use his wife for a few days.... > > Jaime Solorza > >> On May 26, 2015 6:30 PM, "Josh Reynolds" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sharing salvation is against the AUP and grounds for termination. >> >> ;) >> Josh Reynolds >> CIO, SPITwSPOTS >> www.spitwspots.com >>> On 05/26/2015 04:27 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote: >>> Their product is eternal salvation. I wonder if we could bundle internet >>> with that? >>> Speaking of that, what does federal code say about sharing salvation? I bet >>> somewhere there's a politician trying to calculate a tax on it. >>> >>>> On May 26, 2015 4:04 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Those missions also develop a skill at knocking on doors and selling an >>>> idea or a product. Leading to later in life becoming politicians or >>>> starting alarm companies. But I digress. >>>> >>>> I still remember living in Buenos Aires for 2 years as a kid, and 2 young >>>> Mormons knocked on our door. Turns out they didn’t know how to give their >>>> speech in English, only Spanish, but they stayed for dinner. >>>> >>>> >>>> From: TJ Trout >>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:46 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >>>> >>>> They are capitalists first, you can't feed the church on good will... >>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 1:29 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> But don’t they also vow to help the less fortunate? If they had more >>>>> food on the table than they could eat, wouldn’t they share with their >>>>> down-on-their-luck relative and neighbors? Well, they have more Internet >>>>> than they can use (how much Internet can you use if you don’t watch >>>>> porn?) So why waste the excess Internet when others are in need? Does >>>>> McDonalds Arctic Circle stop you from taking a doggie bag and giving your >>>>> uneaten fries to the homeless? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Chuck McCown >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 3:19 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >>>>> >>>>> If you run a coax to the neighbors to use DirecTV or Comcast, they will >>>>> call it “theft of service”. Criminal theft of service. Federal code >>>>> specifically speaks to this. Just piggybacking on the same idea with the >>>>> verbiage. >>>>> >>>>> TWC says: >>>>> It is illegal not only to steal cable services but also to assist others >>>>> to steal cable services. In fact, federal law provides for criminal >>>>> penalties and civil remedies against people who willfully assist others >>>>> to steal cable services. Such assistance can take the form of >>>>> distributing "pirate" cable television descrambling equipment, assisting >>>>> others to make unauthorized connections to cable systems, promoting the >>>>> free use of one's wireless broadband network, or assisting others to hack >>>>> into their modems and uncap them. Federal statutes prohibit the >>>>> assistance of theft of services offered over a cable system. >>>>> >>>>> And it appears to be called “theft of service” if it is unwanted: >>>>> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/man-charged-with-theft-of-services-for-using-free-wifi-at-coffee-shop-in-for-a-brewed-awakening/ >>>>> >>>>> As far as the LDS folks go, it is not intended to scare them, it is >>>>> intended to trigger a guilty conscience. They vow to be honest. This is >>>>> intended to remind themthat this is not an honest behavior. >>>>> >>>>> From: Ken Hohhof >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:03 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >>>>> >>>>> Not for me. I would avoid the whole theft of service approach. I think >>>>> you are on shaky legal ground, plus it sounds lame unless LDS folks >>>>> really are easily scared. >>>>> >>>>> Say it is against the Terms of Service they agreed to, and will result in >>>>> disconnection of service. That doesn’t mean it is a crime. >>>>> >>>>> The better approach is probably that unsecured WiFi lets anyone within >>>>> range capture everything you transmit without encryption, allows them >>>>> access to your network and router on the trusted side of your firewall >>>>> making it much easier for hackers, and as you mentioned could cause law >>>>> enforcement to blame you for bad things >>>>> someone else did on the Internet via your IP address. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Chuck McCown >>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:39 PM >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Scary Letter >>>>> >>>>> Brett, Ken does this wording work better? >>>>> >>>>> 5) Allowing a neighbor to use your WiFi connection instead of >>>>> purchasing service for their own house is a crime called “Theft of >>>>> Service”. You are collaborating in this theft and jeopardizing your own >>>>> service as well.
