Wireless net

[megawatt]

WOW I've never been timed out before and I was looking forward to hearing what you had to say about someone illegally downloading child pornography using my account.

Never mind.

Goodnight Softy Boy.

 

[tim west]

I wouldn't mind if others shared my service as its pretty fast at 16Mbps and unlimited and over the top for my needs but It's how to trust what is downloaded by others, how could one control it?

 

[megawatt]

16mbps

My God, I only get 4mbps down here ... Mind you, we only got electricity 5 years ago

 

[tim west]

16mbps

My God, I only get 4mbps down here ... Mind you, we only got electricity 5 years ago

Thats the service, whether you achieve that depends on where you are in location to the exchange.

 

[clf-gas]

WOW I've never been timed out before and I was looking forward to hearing what you had to say about someone illegally downloading child pornography using my account.

Never mind.

Goodnight Softy Boy.

OK Megawatt, Its time the mods locked this as I am taking offence to your comments, namely,

I was looking forward to hearing what you had to say about someone illegally downloading child pornography using my account.

Now I request an appollogy for such remarks

 

[megawatt]

My resourceful wife has just pointed my attention to ...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4721723.stm

A recent court case, which saw a West London man fined £500 and sentenced to 12 months' conditional discharge for hijacking a wireless broadband connection, has repercussions for almost every user of wi-fi networks.

It is believed to be the first case of its kind in the UK, but with an estimated one million wi-fi users around the country, it is unlikely to be the last.

Which must surely now close this topic ... The answer is YES it IS illegal.

I won't get a response from Softus cos he's timed me out but never mind.

MW

 

[megawatt]

clf-gas: You are joking right?

 

[clf-gas]

Still waiting MW

 

[megawatt]

Craig: If you have taken offence from the hypothetical example I used earlier of course I apologise.

How can you be sat outside my house downloading child pornography ffs ... You don't know where I live

 

[clf-gas]

Craig: If you have taken offence from the hypothetical example I used earlier of course I apologise.

How can you be sat outside my house downloading child pornography ffs ... You don't know where I live

Accepted, thank you.

You don't know where I live

Oh but I do, your in Devon

 

[megawatt]

Contrary to what northerners think, Devon is quite a big place, we don't all know each other nor do we have one big eye in the middle of our foreheads

 

[Softus]

I wouldn't mind if others shared my service as its pretty fast at 16Mbps and unlimited and over the top for my needs but It's how to trust what is downloaded by others, how could one control it?

You wouldn't be responsible for how someone uses your Internet connection, in the same way that an ISP isn't responsible.

There are ways and means of controlling it, however; for example, with a suitable router you can bar access to certain sites and/or sites featuring certain keywords.

If you're worried then the best advice, which is frequently heard everywhere, is to secure the wireless network. If you include in this the use of an access control list (working by MAC address) then you'll bar uninvited access to all but the determined and the knowledgeable.

 

[tim west]

There has been some useful advice from both Igorian and Softus in the Hardware section of the forum regarding wifi connections and how to secure them such as turning off the broadcasting of the wireless connection so it doesnt show up on any list of available networks.

 

[tim west]

There are ways and means of controlling it, however; for example, with a suitable router you can bar access to certain sites and/or sites featuring certain keywords.

If you're worried then the best advice, which is frequently heard everywhere, is to secure the wireless network. If you include in this the use of an access control list (working by MAC address) then you'll bar uninvited access to all but the determined and the knowledgeable.

Thanks for the advice Softus

 

[clf-gas]

Contrary to what northerners think, Devon is quite a big place, we don't all know each other nor do we have one big eye in the middle of our foreheads

Never tought that you all had one eye, holidayed there for a week july/august, noted you all have three eyes, two up front and one at the back.

Loverly place you got down there, more rain and cold weather could be up north.