Re: Free internet? Should I cancel my own landline subscription?
- From: "pimpom" <pimpom@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:15:37 +0530
Jan Panteltje wrote:
I had some connection problems, ever since the Vodafone network
went down in a major way all over the country.. with the
laptop.
But I could still connect with the mobile phone to the
internet, same
network.
So started suspecting my wireless USB plug in modem, it did
drop
on the (soft) carpet about a week ago.
Tried to open it, not possible without breaking anything.
Then decided to hit it on the table the opposite way it fell,
you
know those things have a feeble piece of metal in it that
mysteriously works as antenna, could be bended, well hitting it
seems
to have bended it back,
never had such a good connection since.
But as I now was checking the other wireless options, noticed a
new
WiFi station on *my* channel, and very strong.
In trying to find out where it came from, walked around the
house to
see on what side the signal was strongest. Well, I think I know
who
it is, it is encrypted, good.
No problem.
But I found an other one, not encrypted, very strong on once
side ...
Connected, and could surf the world at high speed.
Some fool who did not set encryption?
Did some searching on internet, and found a hotel, just visible
from
here,
that advertises free open WiFi for all guests...
OK, that must be it...
Would it be legal to use their connection?
In my view they should encrypt and give guests a password?
Else I have free internet ...
Seems to work OK.
LOL
IMHO, at best it's unethical to leech on a service that's
obviously intended for paying guests and, according to your
account, advertised as such. Whether it's legal or not, I'll
leave that to those who know more about the law. If I were one of
those people whose sole use of the internet is to check mail once
a week, maybe I'd feel less guilty about taking advantage of such
a semi-public service. I wouldn't use it for regular access.
In fact, while trying out a friend's laptop after reinstalling
the OS last month, I found that there were two unencrypted wifi
networks within range from my home. I did a sample google search
with both and speeds were quite reasonable. I haven't tried to
connect again since then.
.
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