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April 25th, 2007
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | err, is 2Wire a router? I don't know much about computers...
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April 25th, 2007
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | Yeah 2wire is a router, usually the one you get from your telecom company (ISP) and has the DSL modem built in.... PM me and I should be able to assist you in securing your network.... or you can try for yourself with the use of the 2wire site http://www.2wire.com/
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August 16th, 2008
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| PainMaster | I like DTop's answer. No harm as long they aren't doing any freaky on there that can be traced to the net service provider and doesn't catch the piggy backer.
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August 17th, 2008
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| Primus Pilus | heh, i find it all alright, as long as it's unsecured. If it's out there, it's fair game. Like leaving a picnic basket full of food and open in the middle of a playing field un-attended. It'll probably be missing a few bits when you get back, but you should have secured it if you didn't want that to happen. |
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August 18th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius  | Piggy backing will become more of a problem as ISP's move away from unlimited bandwidth accounts to capped accounts, this was something that I didn't believe would ever happen given the development of technology but I see it is becoming more common.
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August 18th, 2008
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| Milforum Moderator  | If that happens, then the whole scenario would indeed change. A piggy-backer (I hate that phrase) would be denying part of the limited internet access to the paying customer, IMO. Considering how easy it is to at least require a password to access your router, I don't know why anyone wouldn't.
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August 19th, 2008
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | If it gets that bad, and the internet becomes a totally commercialized space run solely by corporations... there will be no reason to pay for it, or use it for that matter.
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