Comments on: Is It Ok to Steal Wi-Fi? http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9574/is_it_ok_to_steal_wifi/ Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:43:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Boomer The Dog http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9574/is_it_ok_to_steal_wifi/#comment-180041 Boomer The Dog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-180041 I think that using any wi-fi connection that's available is so common that it doesn't look like stealing. From what I see most people don't think too hard about this it's a matter of turning on your computer at some spot and looking for a network to use and being thankful when one is there so that you can see what your friends are up to. You might want to look for a place to eat check a map or show your site to a friend while waiting for the bus. I see people with iPhones and 'Pods so much now too and how get on the net with those.. I guess the thing is who is going to use a weak and fading wi-fi signal for real downloading your connection at home would be much more reliable. If folks get banned and start going wi-fi for downloading I don't think that the results are going to be too good. I think that using any wi-fi connection that’s available is so common that it doesn’t look like stealing.

From what I see most people don’t think too hard about this it’s a matter of turning on your computer at some spot and looking for a network to use and being thankful when one is there so that you can see what your friends are up to. You might want to look for a place to eat check a map or show your site to a friend while waiting for the bus. I see people with iPhones and ‘Pods so much now too and how get on the net with those..

I guess the thing is who is going to use a weak and fading wi-fi signal for real downloading your connection at home would be much more reliable. If folks get banned and start going wi-fi for downloading I don’t think that the results are going to be too good.

]]> By: soulxtc http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9574/is_it_ok_to_steal_wifi/#comment-180042 soulxtc Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-180042 @Boomer Yeah its really downloading that makes the issue a tricky one. @Boomer
Yeah its really downloading that makes the issue a tricky one.

]]> By: Boomer The Dog http://www.zeropaid.com/news/9574/is_it_ok_to_steal_wifi/#comment-180043 Boomer The Dog Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000 #comment-180043 On my street no one is awake after midnight so foxy downloaders would use it after then. They could be reasonably certain that they aren't interfering with the router owner's own browsing and downloading. If you run a popular torrent at full speed it will slow the connection without a doubt. It happens here when I download other computers on the line can be slow. Another issue about wi-fi sharing would be if they have a limit on the transfer on their line like some of the companies seem to be thinking of now. A torrent user on the outside could kill your bandwidth allowance. (Really if usage is going way up ISP should have seen it coming and improved the infrastructure faster. Everything that's good gets used more and more.) I still wonder how many downloaders are really going to get banned to me it seems a little like fear enforcement. He wrote that most routers limit outside use well not where I live! It's well under 50%.. )( On my street no one is awake after midnight so foxy downloaders would use it after then. They could be reasonably certain that they aren’t interfering with the router owner’s own browsing and downloading. If you run a popular torrent at full speed it will slow the connection without a doubt. It happens here when I download other computers on the line can be slow.

Another issue about wi-fi sharing would be if they have a limit on the transfer on their line like some of the companies seem to be thinking of now. A torrent user on the outside could kill your bandwidth allowance. (Really if usage is going way up ISP should have seen it coming and improved the infrastructure faster. Everything that’s good gets used more and more.)

I still wonder how many downloaders are really going to get banned to me it seems a little like fear enforcement.

He wrote that most routers limit outside use well not where I live! It’s well under 50%.. )(

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