Don't Terminate People's Internet Connections

Post by gray_-_wolf » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 9:54 AM UTC

capableweb wrote: post #114

gray_-_wolf wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess it depends. At least in my contract for connectivity is a clause then I cannot share the connection with people not living in the same household. I would imagine it is fairly common.

Does that mean you cannot have guests using your connectivity? I'm assuming they still can. What if they stay outside your apartment? What about staying outside apartment for one week? So many questions

It excludes people even temporary present in the apartment. So guests are supposed to be fine. If they are outside and their phone auto-connects, it is technically a breach, yes.

I asked about it and have in writing that the intention is to prevent sharing with neighbors. But I mean, there is no way to enforce it either way so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Post by big_chungus » Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 4:18 PM UTC

sys_64738 wrote: post #9

Internet should be viewed as a utility.

That's kind of a big statement to make without support. What do you mean "viewed as a utility"? What policy or economic outcomes would result from that? Remember, utilities aren't perfect either; they're still monopolies and still bad. Because they're government-regulated, there often ends up being even more cronyism than a regular oligopoly. I at least have two options for internet where I live; I have one for gas. It's practical (if extremely capex-intensive) to pull more internet fiber; it's not really practical to create another gas distribution network. Heck, I get pretty good FTTH gigabit symmetric from one of the "big guy" ISPs, and it's not nearly as pricey as I expected. It's also a little different because the marginal cost of an additional BTU is much higher than that of an additional gigabyte of data transferred. Not non-existent, but pretty small.

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