[sllug-members]: Comcast limited bandwidth?

[M. Alton jensen]

Knight Walker wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-12-13 at 20:42 +0000, Jason Holt wrote:
>> There are lots of good reasons to run unencrypted wireless networks. 
>> Certainly if someone is being impolite and sucking up all your bw, you should 
>> bump them off.  But especially when running a reasonably-adminned Linux box, I 
>> try to avoid crippling the possibilities of a really neat technology.
> 
> And a couple of very good reasons to encrypt the ever-living crap out of
> your wireless network, namely if one of your neighbors does anything
> illegal while using your connection, the Powers That Be will come down
> on YOU.
> 
> -KW
>
IANAL, but I know that many people leave their wireless connections open
for plausible deniability reasons.  (Google it if you want to find some
examples)

-Alt