| [IA] Mediacom shut me off Dumb bastards shut me off for some copyright crap. Well good reddens and hell I may just turn off a few business accounts and put them on DSL just because I can. |
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wpbear
join:2011-02-17
Cataula, GA | Shutting off internet if there is no other HSI provider at the address should be illegal! That would be the same as turning my water or power off if I grew hydroponic weed and got caught. |
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 tsdukePremium
join:2006-03-04
Waterloo, IA | reply to GrandMstrBud
Were you downloading copyright material? |
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 drslashGoya AsmaPremium
join:2002-02-18
Marion, IA | reply to wpbear
said by wpbear:Shutting off internet if there is no other HSI provider at the address should be illegal! That would be the same as turning my water or power off if I grew hydroponic weed and got caught.
No, not the same. You need water to be able to live. You don't need HSI to live. Even when they throw your butt in jail for growing weed, they will supply you with water to drink. They won't supply you with HSI in jail. LOL!
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I wasn't but who's to say someone else wasn't in the house. Oh well their loss I guess and it won't be just my account too. |
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sorry to hear that |
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Its actually a law created by the federal government. I don't fully agree with it, but Mediacom's hands are tied when it comes to this law. I'm sure they don't want to lose your business either. If you get 3 strikes at your next HSI company you will also be banned so don't take too many chances with Qwest or whatever its called now.
DMCA Act
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Mi···ight_Act |
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| > I wasn't but who's to say someone else wasn't in the house.
If you're the person responsible for billing, you are. You're not a service provider, you can't claim safe harbor for people in your household.
If you want to claim ignorance and wave your hands about "other people", you would need more than a residential cable modem service. |
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That's bullshit. They need to forward the information but they don't have to ban you. That's Mediacom policy.
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 elios
join:2005-11-15
Springfield, MO | said by Anonymous:That's bullshit. They need to forward the information but they don't have to ban you. That's Mediacom policy.
this the DMCA law only states they have pass the notice on to you at that point the ISP's hands are clean
DMCA is a CIVIL matter
banning users is some thing mediacom cam up with most likely at the behest of the RIAA/MPAA
also DMCA take-down is only notice of ALLEGED infringement
which imo makes banning and 3 strikes stuff bullshit
even worse is any one can clam infringement and have a DMCA take down sent out
guy at work pissing you off if there on mediacom all you need is his IP and and you can send 3 DMCA take downs his way and he will be banned
regardless if there even legit or not |
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I honestly don't care anymore it's saving me a bill I can use a data card or use the neighbors myself. Plus mediacoms business accounts are ridiculously expensive so gives me a reason to switch a few of those out to century link now. It just pisses me off in a way because I've had mediacom for over 12 years now for my internet. I don't use them for TV or phone just internet. |
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| said by GrandMstrBud:Dumb bastards shut me off for some copyright crap. Well good reddens and hell I may just turn off a few business accounts and put them on DSL just because I can.
HAHA good luck with that. Most ISP do it. Especially since some new bills have been passed even more will. Learn to do it safely and you won't get caught.
said by drslash:said by wpbear:Shutting off internet if there is no other HSI provider at the address should be illegal! That would be the same as turning my water or power off if I grew hydroponic weed and got caught.
No, not the same. You need water to be able to live. You don't need HSI to live. Even when they throw your butt in jail for growing weed, they will supply you with water to drink. They won't supply you with HSI in jail. LOL! Exactly. Internet is a privilege, not a right or a need. You do stupid things and get caught, you have to pay the consequences.
said by GrandMstrBud:I honestly don't care anymore it's saving me a bill I can use a data card or use the neighbors myself. Plus mediacoms business accounts are ridiculously expensive so gives me a reason to switch a few of those out to century link now. It just pisses me off in a way because I've had mediacom for over 12 years now for my internet. I don't use them for TV or phone just internet.
Even funnier your going to CL. They shut you off for copyright infringement as well. Guess you'll be switching to someone new again soon.
Google safe ways to download things. You'll be amazed. |
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I'm not talking about switching to DSL to download anything I'm doing it because I can and because if they want to shut off a customer of 12 years for some bogus crap that's their loss. I myself am not getting DSL I'm just going to switch some business accounts out to DSL just because they pissed me off. I myself wasn't downloading anything but they don't care so neither do I and it's their loss. There's plenty of open WiFi in my area so I can use that or use a data card. The ones in my household are the ones SOL and they can figure out on their own how to get internet, damn teenagers. |
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| said by GrandMstrBud:There's plenty of open WiFi in my area so I can use that or use a data card. The ones in my household are the ones SOL and they can figure out on their own how to get internet, damn teenagers. If they don't change their behavior, they will follow your lead, connect to your neighbors' WIFI, and get them shut off too. |
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| Yeah they could but you can only do so much especially when friends come over and they seen open networks. But for me one less bill to worry about a month is how I'll look at it. I get 8mb down and 2mb up on a data connection so for me it doesn't matter and it's locked down from all the kids. I just need my laptop and netflix in all reality for myself. |
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 ZC_217
join:2010-02-07
Des Moines, IA
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said by GrandMstrBud:There's plenty of open WiFi in my area so I can use that
So you're going from one crime/offense to another one. Since it is illegal to connect to another WiFi network without permission.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legality_o···d_States |
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| Since when is it illegal to connect to it if they leave it wide open? What's the point of locking your WiFi network then if it's illegal? It's not that hard to clone a MAC address but if your not smart enough to lock down your WiFi then that's your problem |
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Become anonymous. Use this service:
»hidemyass.com/ |
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ZC_217
join:2010-02-07
Des Moines, IA Reviews:
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Perhaps you need to educate yourself with the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that does say that connecting to open wifi without permission is illegal. On top of that, gaining access by spoofing a MAC address is illegal too.
IOWA
§ 716A.1 Definitions
§ 716A.2 Unauthorized access
§ 716A.3 Computer damage defined
§ 716A.4 Computer damage in the first degree
§ 716A.5 Computer damage in the second degree
§ 716A.6 Computer damage in the third degree
§ 716A.7 Computer damage in the fourth degree
§ 716A.8 Computer damage in the fifth degree
§ 716A.9 Computer theft defined
§ 716A.10 Computer theft in the first degree
§ 716A.11 Computer theft in the second degree
§ 716A.12 Computer theft in the third degree
§ 716A.13 Computer theft in the fourth degree
§ 716A.14 Computer theft in the fifth degree
§ 716A.15 Chapter not exclusive
§ 716A.16 Printouts admissible as evidence |
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