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billf:

--- Quote from: patrickl on September 11, 2007, 05:51:50 pm ---Light shining on your porch is no the same. If you use his internet connection that has value.

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So does the electric service that the neighbor is paying for to light the bulb that is shining on the porch.  Seems like a perfectly valid analogy and therefore is the same/comparable.

ahofle:

--- Quote from: billf on September 11, 2007, 06:48:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on September 11, 2007, 05:51:50 pm ---Light shining on your porch is no the same. If you use his internet connection that has value.

--- End quote ---

So does the electric service that the neighbor is paying for to light the bulb that is shining on the porch.  Seems like a perfectly valid analogy and therefore is the same/comparable.

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Although reading your book using your neighbor's light would not in any way impact your neighbor -- however downloading pr0n on your neighbor's wireless connection would have a big impact.   ;D

billf:

--- Quote from: ahofle on September 11, 2007, 07:05:46 pm ---
--- Quote from: billf on September 11, 2007, 06:48:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on September 11, 2007, 05:51:50 pm ---Light shining on your porch is no the same. If you use his internet connection that has value.

--- End quote ---

So does the electric service that the neighbor is paying for to light the bulb that is shining on the porch.  Seems like a perfectly valid analogy and therefore is the same/comparable.

--- End quote ---

Although reading your book using your neighbor's light would not in any way impact your neighbor -- however downloading pr0n on your neighbor's wireless connection would have a big impact.   ;D

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 :cheers:

And you can't shut out the neighbor from using his electricity like you can shut him out of using his own wifi connection by securing it once in.   ;)

FrizzleFried:
I guess this is a big deal in Europe where your telecommunications companies are screwing you in the backside by incorporating bandwidth limits.  Here in the states (at least in California and Idaho where I have lived),  broadband is unlimited...so unless the jackass was continuously streaming pron from next door sucking up ACTIVE bandwidth,  I doubt anyone would give two shits if someone was sucking off their wireless connection.

That said...this is the reason I don't do wireless...AT ALL.

boykster:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on September 11, 2007, 07:16:03 pm ---Here in the states (at least in California and Idaho where I have lived),  broadband is unlimited...

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Not so true actually.  Comcast has been quietly notifying high bandwidth users that they are in violation of their TOS and some have even had their service terminated.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2111373,00.asp

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