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A lesson in Wireless etiquette

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• Posted on February 20, 2006

Okay, let me give you a quick lesson in wireless internet etiquette. I am a big proponent of leaving my wireless connection open for anyone to use if they want to surf the net in the area. I really have no problem with it. It isn’t a big deal for me. I have all of this bandwidth and will not use all of it, so I like to share it.
But if you are going to leech off of me, then at least don’t consume all of my bandwidth. Here is the deal, I have left my wireless open for probably a year and a half now, maybe more. And I have never had a problem out of anyone getting online and consuming bandwidth. That is, until now. I am having to turn on encryption now because someone is using torrents or something to kill my bandwidth. So for those of you who run wireless, keep it open until someone does something like this to you. Then, by all means, turn on the WPA key. I hate to do it, but I am the one paying for it, and as such, I should be the one working the bandwidth. It is quite frustrating. And for those of you who use other peoples’ wireless, surf the net, don’t download lots of stuff. Just my thoughts on the subject, and thank you to the joker who is now locked out from my portion of the internet because he got greedy. Enjoy the lack of internet now buddy.