Comment Re:So using this logic.... (Score 1) 848
"But the guys in the middle buy their Linksys routers at Best Buy, take them home, plug them in, they work, and they stop there."
Or, they could be like me, and know exactly what they're doing. I live in what you would probably consider a middle class neighborhood, and I leave my wireless access point open because a) I maintain security all the way down to the machine layer (i.e. I don't consider my LAN any more secure than the cloud) and b) I'm happy to share the bandwidth capacity that I have with the people around me. If bandwidth utilization ever gets to a point where it impacts my own experience, I might have to reconsider, but until that day it's there for people to use.
Or, they could be like me, and know exactly what they're doing. I live in what you would probably consider a middle class neighborhood, and I leave my wireless access point open because a) I maintain security all the way down to the machine layer (i.e. I don't consider my LAN any more secure than the cloud) and b) I'm happy to share the bandwidth capacity that I have with the people around me. If bandwidth utilization ever gets to a point where it impacts my own experience, I might have to reconsider, but until that day it's there for people to use.
