ISP Disconnects Customers with Open WiFi | Linux Today

ISP Disconnects Customers with Open WiFi

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 2008

“Not all ISPs are happy with customers who have open WiFi,
however, and some even threaten to disconnect those who do. In the
September 2008 terms and conditions of UK ISP Karoo, we read
(pdf):

“”We shall be entitled to terminate the Service immediately if
We discover that you have permitted (whether knowingly or not) a
third party (or third parties) to access the Service using a
wireless connection over Your Communications Line.””


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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