[176742] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Helms)
Thu Dec 11 08:17:27 2014
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Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 08:17:19 -0500
From: Scott Helms <khelms@zcorum.com>
To: William Herrin <bill@herrin.us>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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Not a law, it's in their updated terms and conditions that no one reads.
On Dec 11, 2014 8:12 AM, "William Herrin" <bill@herrin.us> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Jeroen van Aart <jeroen@mompl.net> wrote:
> > Whose fault would it be if your comcast installed public wifi would be
> > abused to download illegal material or launch a botnet, to name some
> random
> > fun one could have on your behalf. :-/
>
> Doesn't work that way. Separate authenticated channel. Presents
> differently from you with a different IP address out on the Internet.
>
> What Comcast is stealing is electricity. Pennies per customer times a
> boatload of customers.
>
> theft n. the generic term for all crimes in which a person
> intentionally and fraudulently takes personal property of another
> without permission or consent and with the intent to convert it to the
> taker's use (including potential sale). In many states, if the value
> of the property taken is low (for example, less than $500) the crime
> is "petty theft,"
>
> Unless of course the knucklehead jurisdiction passed a law to allow
> it. I'm betting they didn't.
>
>
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
>
>
> --
> William Herrin ................ herrin@dirtside.com bill@herrin.us
> Owner, Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
> May I solve your unusual networking challenges?
>
