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Originally Posted by sweeps
Still theft. You're stealing from the internet provider (and ultimately the internet provider's customers). This is akin to buying a movie ticket and sharing a movie with your friend by letting him in the side door.
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not true: i pay X amount to my internet provider and the guarantee me Y amount of bandwidth in return. whether that bandwidth is being used by 1 computer of 15 doesn't matter, i pay for the bandwidth. moreover, i pay the same amount of money for the bandwidth whether it's used or not. what i don't do, however, is pay for internet based on how many computers are accessing it.
it's not like cable TV service where all the services are running on the wire outside your house and you can steal it by inserting or removing the correct filter.
the difference comes from how the sevices are provided. my cable internet connection comes with a certain amount of download and upload speed capability. the 'pipe' is only so big. they know how big my pipe should be because when i connect my cable modem associates my account details with the IP address they assign me. if i am running a super computer in my house that is capable of much faster upload and download speeds, it doesn't matter one bit because my internet 'pipe' is still only so big. to get more speed, i have to pay the ISP more money.
willingly sharing your internet 'pipe' with one's neighbor is no different than having a desktop and a laptop in the same house using the same internet connection.