Not the same scenario since it's about circumventing bandwidth caps rather than redistributing access, but this rather amazing story came out today:
Bandwidth Bandits Targeted By FBI Computer Equipment Seized People in Ohio supposedly hacking cable modems and using excessive bandwidth have been served with search warrants by the FBI and by local authorities. Customers of Buckeye Express have had their modems and other computer equipment seized, with more searches and seizures anticipated in the near future. An FBI Task Force detective says that tricking the cable company concerning bandwidth is "against the law. It�s a crime we are going to enforce. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Site=TO&Date=20020627&Categ ory=NEWS03&ArtNo=106270073&Ref=AR > > Now here's a thought. Guy A lives in House A and gets cable TV. Guy A also > has > a big glass window and a big screen TV. Neighbor B gets an universal remote > and > watches Guy A's cable on Guy A's TV when Guy A is not at home. > Is Guy A liable? > > I hope not. -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
