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From: (no name) (no email)
Date: Thu Jan 16 2003 - 00:33:29 EST
In a message dated 12-Jan-03 18:12:10 Eastern Standard Time,
writes:
>
> >Wouldn't another person using my Internet connection prevent or interfere
> with my communications?
>
> >Norm
>
> A person using your Internet connection would not prevent or interfere with
> your communications, depending on your available bandwidth, and the
> activity
> of you and the other folks on the network. Normal email and web activity
> would probably go unnoticed. Massive file transfers would slow things down.
>
I find that very hard to believe.
First you say "would not prevent or interfere" then you say "depending". It
can't be both. If someone is downloading data on my line when my computer is
trying to download my data on the same line I do not believe that their
downloading will not interfere with my download. I do not believe that two
data streams can download at the same time on one line without any affect on
each other.
Then you say the interloper will "probably" go unnoticed. Is it like when
kids snatch a twenty from their daddy's wallet from time to time and it will
"probably" be unnoticed?
If someone is using my Internet connection without my permission they are
trespassing at the very least, and if they slow down my downloads by any
amount they are stealing what I am paying for, and if they are reading my
data the trespass is just as criminal as if they were reading my snail mail.
Of course, if you give permission for others to use the connection, or if it
is a community connection, it's a much different situation.
Norm
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