Re: Ethernet x-over cable -- MIDRANGE-L

Can I play devils advocate?  What is the difference between having multiple
phones on one line, multiple TVs on basic cable, or this?  You are paying for a
service, or bandwidth, how you use it is up to you.  If I have one phone line,
terminating in the kitchen, bedroom, and family room, does that mean I should 
pay
for 3 telephones?  I can only use one at a time.  Our cable company has now gone
to the same thinking, and will come to your house and hook up multiple sets if
you wish (of course you pay installation), but no more per month for the extra
sets.  Now I can understand having two PCs connected to a cable, would use more
bandwidth than one PC, but you are purchasing a service from the cable company,
and how you use it, is your prerogative.

    JMO  Pete

David Prowak wrote:

> I have cable access at home, with what is probably the largest
> of the companies offering internet access, and they absolutely make it clear
> that
> connecting more than 1 PC is NOT allowed.
>
> Does that stop people from your a proxy or NAT?
> No, but it is considered theft of services.
>
> Ever hear of someone getting arrested stealing cable TV services with a
> cheater box?
> Well this is the cyber version of that.
>
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@ibm.net>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 1:10 PM
> Subject: Re: Ethernet x-over cable
>
> > Brad,
> > <snip>
> > > all share cable internet.  Using NAT instead of proxy.
> > <snip>
> >
> >   What is your cable companies policy on putting a network behind your
> cable
> > modem? I am given to understand that they don't like it and expect only 1
> PC per
> > cable modem.
> >
> >   Reason for my question is we are trying to get my childrens school
> connected
> > this way. Since the cable companies are required to connect the schools if
> cable
> > runs past them (and it does) this should give us free Internet.  We are
> NOT
> > getting favorable response from the Cable people about this idea!
> >
> >  - Larry
> >
> > --
> > Larry Bolhuis         | What do You want to Reload today?
> > Arbor Solutions, Inc  | Don't throw your PC out the window,
> > (616) 451-2500        |  throw WINDOWS out of your PC.
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> > lbolhui@ibm.net       | 1. Never tell people everything you know.
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Pete Massiello
OS Solutions International
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