That makes huge sense, really... I wasn't willing to pay for broadband all by myself- don't make enough use of it. But I'd have cheerfully offered to chip in on one of my neighbor's wireless connections. If only I knew who they belonged to (the network IDs were uninformative). Okay, I could have taken my laptop for a walk around the block and watched the signal bars to find out where the wireless lived. But I didn't.
As it was, I, ah, hijacked any available wireless signal floating around in the ether for the few months between me getting the wireless-equipped laptop and my fiance moving in and bringing his broadband with him. Of course once there was a broadband connection actually *in the house*, I shelled out the forty bucks for a wireless hub and installed our own wireless. With security enabled. Because while I'm deeply grateful to my unknown benefactors for the free boost, I'm just not as trusting as they are.
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Date: 2006-11-17 02:27 pm (UTC)As it was, I, ah, hijacked any available wireless signal floating around in the ether for the few months between me getting the wireless-equipped laptop and my fiance moving in and bringing his broadband with him. Of course once there was a broadband connection actually *in the house*, I shelled out the forty bucks for a wireless hub and installed our own wireless. With security enabled. Because while I'm deeply grateful to my unknown benefactors for the free boost, I'm just not as trusting as they are.