There must be different policies in various places around the country. That, or everyone in our business class office is clueless (more likely, now that I stop to think about it!). Lots of companies offer service in hotels and convention centers, but that doesn't mean they have to let you resell the service.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....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!
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
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The best thing to do is call, but it's such a fine line with a lot of ISPs if you read through the TOS and AUP. They may verbally tell you that they don't care what you do with your bandwidth, and then come back a couple months later and refer you to your contract and ask why you thought it was okay.
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