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ex-VM_ · 13-10-2008, 16:16

Interesting...
Seems to be some moral/ethical issues going on here.
It is illegal to obtain services without the intention of paying for them as has been proven in some of the controversial Wifi piggybacking cases.
Can this be likened to a Wifi-piggybacking scenario?
Under the contract to which I was bound, I agreed to pay for the service and they would/did provide it (badly). Now that I've terminated my contract I no longer pay them and they should no longer provide me a service.
It's a failure on VM's part for not picking up the equipment as agreed that has allowed this situation to occur. Regardless of whether or not I use it.

If I was to buy a CM on ebay and mod the firmware etc to get free BB then that's clearly illegal, but what if I pleaded ignorance and say I thought I was using my new ADSL BB connection (they're both plugged into the same switch) and forgot to change my local gateway IP?

13-10-2008, 16:16	#8
ex-VM_ Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 2	Re: Ended contract but still connected Interesting... Seems to be some moral/ethical issues going on here. It is illegal to obtain services without the intention of paying for them as has been proven in some of the controversial Wifi piggybacking cases. Can this be likened to a Wifi-piggybacking scenario? Under the contract to which I was bound, I agreed to pay for the service and they would/did provide it (badly). Now that I've terminated my contract I no longer pay them and they should no longer provide me a service. It's a failure on VM's part for not picking up the equipment as agreed that has allowed this situation to occur. Regardless of whether or not I use it. If I was to buy a CM on ebay and mod the firmware etc to get free BB then that's clearly illegal, but what if I pleaded ignorance and say I thought I was using my new ADSL BB connection (they're both plugged into the same switch) and forgot to change my local gateway IP?