On Sunday, Mar 30, 2003, at 15:09 US/Pacific, Lile Elam wrote:
I disagree. If an establishment is offering an open wireless network to the public, it's not theif to use their bandwidth. Even if you are not in their store enjoying their wonderful coffee's and teas, you can use their bandwidth.
And as for asking, why bother them about it? Unless they post on their doors and AP that the bandwidth is for customers only, it's ok to use it.
I suppose you pay for your groceries at a corner store from the take a penny/leave a penny dish too, after all they are there for people to use right? I mean sometimes there are even some dimes and quarters in there which are real money.
In reality I firmly believe that this attitude is the most likely thing to lead to the downfall of community networks as they scale from where everyone is pitching in to where most just want something for free.
Cheers, Cliff
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