[Hidden-tech] Helping others without broadband

[Edbride-PR]

This anecdote might explain my reference to local ordinances. In my previous
home, our leach field failed. Everybody was on septic systems in the
neighborhood, but a sewer line was "only" 1,100 feet away; so, we dug an
1,100-ft. trench and tied-in to municipal sewer."My" pipeline ran in front
of three other houses that have septic systems; the town would not allow
them to tap into my line, because of issues of accountability: whose problem
would it be if there were some failure and more than one household was
tied-in using the one line? The town said that sharing my sewer line would
make me a public utility, and they did not allow it.

So, that's the thinking. Could I have gotten away with a secret tap? Maybe
so. Could a homeowner sit by while others accessed his/her Wi-Fi signal?
Maybe so. If the discussion is based on what one can get away with, that's
probably beyond the purview of this list. Technically, Wi-Max is probably
the way to go, and who knows, it might not be cost-prohibitive to do it
legally.

Ed

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich" <rich at on-the-net.com>
Cc: <Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 10:51 AM
Subject: Re: [Hidden-tech] Helping others without broadband


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> License agreement - maybe and then there is the issue of is it
> enforceable and so what if you violate it ?
> Local ordinance - I expect unlikely -- besides isn't the 'local' who we
> are ?
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