Cable Forum - View Single Post - Sharing my wi-fi with a neighbour. Ramifications?

**Chris** · 01-03-2006, 10:18

Another thought, on the issue of whether she might actually do something illegal with your connection.

While NTL would hold you responsible for breaching the T&Cs for sharing the connection, or for busting the cap (if you're on a tier that has one), it would be very hard for the police to bust you if, for example, your neighbour or her boyfriend started downloading illegal material. For starters it would be their crime, not yours. They would have to show you knew what they were doing to try to get you on a charge of aiding and abetting, or failing to report.

Even so, if it happened, even if you weren't guilty of anything, having your PC confiscated while its hard drive is scoured for paedo porn, or something equally nasty, is really not worth the hassle.

I have to ask, if she is willing to pay you, why she can't afford to just get her own internet connection. If she has a nice WiFi enabled laptop she can't be very hard up.

01-03-2006, 10:18	#7
Chris Trollsplatter Cable Forum Team Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,590	Re: Sharing my wi-fi with a neighbour. Ramifications? Another thought, on the issue of whether she might actually do something illegal with your connection. While NTL would hold you responsible for breaching the T&Cs for sharing the connection, or for busting the cap (if you're on a tier that has one), it would be very hard for the police to bust you if, for example, your neighbour or her boyfriend started downloading illegal material. For starters it would be their crime, not yours. They would have to show you knew what they were doing to try to get you on a charge of aiding and abetting, or failing to report. Even so, if it happened, even if you weren't guilty of anything, having your PC confiscated while its hard drive is scoured for paedo porn, or something equally nasty, is really not worth the hassle. I have to ask, if she is willing to pay you, why she can't afford to just get her own internet connection. If she has a nice WiFi enabled laptop she can't be very hard up.