Comments on: Man arrested after using free Wi-Fi service http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/ [Technology, Reviews, Programming, Gaming, Movies, TV, Videos, Links, etc] Mon, 14 Jul 2008 04:44:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mike http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Mike Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:14:54 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/#comment-913 He should try to get the coffee shop charged for littering since they allowed their property to spew forth to the parking lot with no intentions of picking it up later. He should try to get the coffee shop charged for littering since they allowed their property to spew forth to the parking lot with no intentions of picking it up later.

]]> By: Kevin http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Kevin Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:24:52 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/#comment-910 Free interenet is free internet. If the coffee shop owner didn't want people using the free internet then he should not offer it. What stops the guy in the office next door from using it? It's sad that the coffee shop owner is so ignorant to technology. Free interenet is free internet. If the coffee shop owner didn’t want people using the free internet then he should not offer it. What stops the guy in the office next door from using it?

It’s sad that the coffee shop owner is so ignorant to technology.

]]> By: Max http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Max Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:05:53 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/#comment-909 911 has become the primary number for contacting the local authorities. What is missing from the story is that in most states, a business has the right to ask any customer to leave, as the business is private property. If the customer refuses, they can be subject to local tresspass laws. I wonder how many local laws and law enforcement agencies are ready to deal with "theft of internet service", but I know most are ready to deal with the customer who legally tresspasses. 911 has become the primary number for contacting the local authorities.

What is missing from the story is that in most states, a business has the right to ask any customer to leave, as the business is private property. If the customer refuses, they can be subject to local tresspass laws. I wonder how many local laws and law enforcement agencies are ready to deal with “theft of internet service”, but I know most are ready to deal with the customer who legally tresspasses.

]]> By: matt http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/comment-page-1/#comment-904 matt Thu, 22 Jun 2006 15:41:43 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/#comment-904 perhaps some kind of 3 hour wifi passcode (something like those cheap internet cafes in berlin..) in exchange for a buying a coffee is what he needs? perhaps some kind of 3 hour wifi passcode (something like those cheap internet cafes in berlin..) in exchange for a buying a coffee is what he needs?

]]> By: Jeremy Dunck http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/comment-page-1/#comment-901 Jeremy Dunck Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:48:15 +0000 http://ibloggedthis.com/2006/06/22/man-arrested-after-using-free-wi-fi-service/#comment-901 Calling 911 should be reserved for emergencies in any case. If you want to be a legal stickler, the person calling 911 was guilty of the same charge as the wifi guy: someone robbed at gunpoint may have needed to wait a bit longer for police because the coffee owner just -had- to talk to a cop -right now-. Calling 911 should be reserved for emergencies in any case.
If you want to be a legal stickler, the person calling 911 was guilty of the same charge as the wifi guy: someone robbed at gunpoint may have needed to wait a bit longer for police because the coffee owner just -had- to talk to a cop -right now-.

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