A Wireless End Run Around ISPs
Jane Black,
Business Week,
Jul 04, 2002
Could teaching be a crime? In the old Afghanistan, you say, but not here. Think again. This story describes the origin of 'warchalk' - cryptic symbols chalked in neighbourhoods advising them how to access network area wireless networks. In response, Time Warner Cable sent out some "cease and desist" letters to customers it says were publicly instructing others about how to share broadband connections. I don't think this is something the cable companies can control. Once the signal is in your house, you can do what you want with it, including relaying it through any of dozens of cheap wireless hubs. What is Time Warner going to do, send the police door to door scanning for illegal bandwidth?
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