Unlike Covad DSL which takes the enlightened approach that Wi-Fi is not only permissible, but encouraged, on their residential DSL accounts (see http://www.80211-planet.com/columns/article/0,,1781_1355551,00.html), the only think that should "come as no surprise, .... folks." is that Time Warner as part of the cable oligopoly is exercising its egregious market power to try to plug the dike.
As the original post stated, if the access point is functioning as a network hub on their property and someone manages to connect through it, the harm is done to the person with the access point, as the RoadRunner site expressly provides for hubs, networks and Roadrunner cautions only the subscriber may experience diminished performance due to the bandwidth division. There seems to be more than a modicum of ambiguity in the mix here. One cannot merely take only those provisions of the Roadrunner Terms of Service provisions that support one's point of view and argue credibly that their POV is the right one. I am certain that there are enough lawyers in the Big Apple to tackle Time Warner on behalf of the class that is developing. jms --__--__-- Message: 5 Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:06:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Balon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BAWUG] RE: Time Warner Nasty-gram Anyone sharing bandwidth with a Road Runner connection is in direct violation of the terms of service. Here it is, right from the fine print. ... Not only that, but busineses class service in my area specifically forbids any sharing or resale. This should come as no surprise, after all they are in business to make money folks. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
