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question about DSL legality

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mdchesne

Banned
just something i'm mulling over in my mind

There are 4 apartments above a bar.
There is one connection to a Yahoo DSL line, hooked to a wireless router, and made wireless for the apartment.
Each apartment pays a certain percent of the total bill (25% each).
Each computer in each apartment needs a wireless card to access it (no duh).
________question 1) is this legal? it's like splitting one line for approx. 10 residents without Yahoo knowing

Landlord's son decided to make the bar downstairs wireless as well...
Using the internet the apartments pay for for the pub's wireless...
Pub gets free wireless... free as in, it's already paid for by the tenants...
Landlord's son got two amplified antennas to cover bar... now it's connectable in buildings next door and across the street.
It's completely open. no encryption or password.
Anyone in any building within 500ft can connect and access our internet because it's "open."
Anytime someone is in the pub accessing it, anyone connected in the apartment loses bandwidth and it slows to a crawl. this happens from 3pm-midnight. every night but sunday.
_________question 2) is this legal? tenants are paying for internet, but that same internet line is being used for public use

final question:
Should I, a paying tenant, just stop paying the monthly bill and connect to the free wireless like everyone else can?

I hate to complain. these are nice people and the landlord's son is a friend of mine... he had a decent idea. but i think he's a little "dee dee dee" in the wireless department
 
Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Not unless its a commercial account.
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what if they upgraded to a commerical account two weeks ago?
I'm still paying for internet that they're giving away for free.
there's some BS playing here that i don't like
 
Stop paying the bill. If they demand payment, report them to Yahoo for TOC violation or request in writing that they're authorized by Yahoo to share connection.
 
Originally posted by: Colt45
1 isnt legal, but seems fair enough to me.
2 is BS
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Werd

I would say why bite the hand that feeds since your getting dirt cheap broad band. But if they are hogging the brandwidth and making it an unsafe connection to be on, then I say bite away!


Seth
 
There is this free 3rd party firmware upgrade for some linksys routers that prompt for username/password for wireless connections. I just can't seem to remember what it's called. That may be a solution so that only people with accounts can access it without it being encrypted. But HELL NO I would not pay to share bandwidth with people that aren't paying for it. Get your own dedicated line or freeload just like everyone else.
 
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