[P1] hot spots in the U.S.

[Brian Pearce]

>> Be aware that this is illegal and carries heavy penalties, so try to 
>> not get caught...of course, if the connection is advertised as freely 
>> open to anyone, that is different. But if you use a corporate 
>> network, you might get nailed.
>
> Interesting.  Under what law is using someone else's wireless network
> illegal?  What are the "heavy penalties?"  And how might one "get 
> nailed"?
> Just curious.

More likely at risk could be the person providing access to their 
Internet service (even inadvertantly). Some broadband ISPs place limits 
on the number of client computers that can access a given account; 
someone providing access to a large number of people (and using an 
unusually large amount of bandwidthin the process) might find their 
account cancelled on short notice.

BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net