[Vision2020] wireless public access points

[Tony Ray]

Debbie,

The merchants who provide these access points expect you to be at their
premises buying stuff from them in exchange for using their access points.
For example, the motels expect you to be renting a room and restaurants
expect you to be eating at their restaurants *while* using their wireless
access points. They are not "public" in the sense that you can just hook up
to the service from your house.  We have a "Publicly Switched Telephone
Network" but Verizon is still going to charge you for hooking up your
telephone.  So don't be misled by the word "public". 

What you are proposing to do is against the law, a felony.  If you want to
look it up on the Internet, use the keywords "wardriving" and "arrests" on
Google.  "war" in wardriving refers to warez - a hacker term for "pirated"
as in pirated software, music, movies, etc.

Tony Ray
Cactus Computer Co.


-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
On Behalf Of Debbie Gray
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:26 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] wireless public access points

Wow, thanks for all the hotspots everyone sent!

So if I am able to have wireless access from my house to several 
different providers, that is ok? I was worried I was commiting some 
sort of "beige collar crime" or something. And Donald Rumsfield would 
soon be SWAT swarming my house.

Maybe it's because we are close to the university 
inn/arby's/branegans/mark iv etc? Or does it have something to do 
with living near the Almon-Asbury water tower? I was thinking maybe 
something was 'beaming' off of there? It's all so 'Star Trekkie' to 
me. I feel I am channeling my mother here, she is totally computer 
remedial and won't even use email.

debbie (semi-literate computer user with a new laptop)



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