FC: NYT reports on Time Warner flap over 802.11 free access

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Mon Jul 01 2002 - 08:16:02 PDT

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    http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/technology/01WIFI.html?pagewanted=print
    
    July 1, 2002
    A Dispute Over Wireless Networks
    
    By PETER MEYERS
    The New York Times
    
    Time Warner Cable sent some of its New York City cable-modem subscribers
    letters last week warning that operating wireless networks and inviting
    others to freely share them violated their subscription agreements.
    
    The company's action highlights a potential conflict between a small number
    of advocates of free, wireless networking and the broadband providers who
    supply their Internet connections.
    
    Fewer than a dozen letters were sent, according to the company, a unit of
    AOL Time Warner. The letters cited a clause in the subscription agreement
    prohibiting redistribution of the company's Internet connection service.
    
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