[MLB-WIRELESS] Cable companies cracking down on Wi-Fi

[Barry Park]

 Cable companies cracking down on Wi-Fi
By Ben Charny
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
July 9, 2002, 4:00 AM PT
Broadband providers are cracking down on popular Wi-Fi networks, threatening
to cut service to customers who set up the inexpensive wireless systems and
allow others to freely tap into their Internet access.
 Time Warner Cable of New York City has given 10 customers less than a week
to stop using their accounts to provide a wireless local area network
available to anyone within 300 feet. The letters are just an initial volley;
Time Warner expects to send additional letters, while AT&T Broadband also is
preparing similar letters for some of its customers.
The crackdown is reminiscent of the cable industry's attempts to target
cable thieves in the 1980s, and it reflects the soaring popularity of
wireless Net access. After being introduced just a couple years ago,
so-called Wi-Fi "hot spots" that tap into cable or digital subscriber lines
(DSL) are now in at least 15 million homes and offices.

More at http://news.com.com/2100-1033-942323.html?tag=dd.ne.dht.nl-sty.0



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