Voice Over IP in UK - Re: I suppose these Vonage phones do sometimes get used in people's homes

Author

Re: I suppose these Vonage phones do sometimes get used in people's homes

Ivor Jones

2006-08-15, 1:11 pm

"news.rcn.com" <news.rnc.com> wrote in message
news:oIedneri_bmtInzZnZ2dnUVZ_t-dnZ2d@rcn.net

[snip]

> Are these 'public' HotSpots unknown in England? (I have
> only come across slightly hot spots around coffee shops
> which you have to pay to get onto.)

Free hotspots do exist, but they're few and far between compared to the
pay ones.

> Was the guy who was done for logging into people's
> networks done for using some program to break into WEP
> enabled networks? In this detail-less story, THAT may be
> what made it illegal?

AFAIK it is the Computer Misuse Act which makes it illegal to use any
computer system (wireless or otherwise) without the owner's permission.

Ivor