On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:18:17 +0000, Larry wrote in
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John Navas wrote in
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They actually are concerned, your sarcasm notwithstanding, because open
hotspots are frequently abused, particularly with illicit peer-to-peer
filesharing. Such abuse constitutes a substantial portion of network
traffic at the expense of legitimate users. Since cellular spectrum is
limited, it's an even bigger problem for cellular than for Wi-Fi. Many
carriers specifically address network abuse in the terms of service.

My hotspot has a blistering range of 125 feet on its best day. I doubt
many peer-to-peer downloaders are within its range circle during lunch
at Waffle House. I've never seen any of them connected or on its log
files.

You might very well be surprised one of these days -- it's a big problem
at local coffee houses, public libraries, etc, with open Wi-Fi.

You call peer-to-peer filesharing "Illicit". Which law are they
breaking file sharing? Got a URL to it so I can read it?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act
http://www.legalzoom.com/legal-articles/article13928.html
http://www.copyright.gov/

I didn't know
file sharing or using bandwidth sold to me as "UNLIMITED" was illegal or
immoral.

I'm guessing you haven't bothered to read your terms of service.
http://www.mycricket.com/termsandconditions See #7 in particular.
See also http://www.mycricket.com/cricketsupport/faqs/details?id=548

If they don't want me on the system, all they have to do is shut me off
and NOT TAKE MY MONEY....same as any other business. So far, noone has
complained as most of the bandwidth they cannot "store" until profits
rise just goes to waste, unused by anyone. I've never seen the system
slow down to a crawl because users had the audacity to actually connect
something to it and USE what they are paying for. The slowdowns here
are caused by poor propagation and interference from large military
aircraft reeking havoc with multipath flutter bouncing off large
aluminum clouds.

With that attitude I suspect they'd be glad to be rid of you.

--
Best regards,
John Navas, publisher of Navas' Sailing & Racing in
the San Francisco Bay Area http://sail.navas.us/