Time Warner *itself* puts 802.11 in hotels and resells the service. They also allow other people to do it.
You do need "business class", and a salesdroid with a clue. Jim Fred Weston writes: > Charlie wrote: > > > Pretty standard, I was at a coffee shop that got caught dishing out > > free wireless, they cant even get cable TV now. They have been black > > listed. You gota pay for business class and tell them what your doing > > or you might get burnt.... > > > > Chaz > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* Matt Gaston <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *Sent:* Monday, January 12, 2004 10:03 PM > > *Subject:* [BAWUG] legality > > > > I've been trying to connect to my neighbor's computers so we can > > share his cable-modem account. We both thought it was a great > > idea, but he found the following passage in his "Acceptable Use > > Policy" that's making us wonder if what we're doing is indeed legal. > > > > Prohibited Uses and Activities > > Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using the > > Service, Customer > > Equipment, or the Comcast Equipment to: > > > > (ix) resell the Service or otherwise make available to anyone > > outside the > > Premises the ability to use the Service (i.e. wi-fi, or other > > methods of > > networking), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, or on a > > bundled or > > unbundled basis. The Service is for personal and non-commercial > > use only and > > you agree not to use the Service for operation as an Internet service > > provider or for any business enterprise or purpose, or as an > > end-point on a > > non-Comcast local area network or wide area network; > > > > Would that make any of you a little jumpy, or is it just me? > > > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > I'm not sure how Comcast does it, but Road Runner (in FL anyway) > prohibits all sharing, period. Even if you're paying them $200 a month > for a beefy connection with bunches of IP addresses. I was surprised to > discover this as well, but even more surprised when I called their > business sales office. The guy I talked to was very aggravated that I > would want to do such a thing, and almost hung up on me! > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." -- Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
