Legal to share cable internet?

Question

My neighbor is getting his internet for free from his parents who live about 10 miles away. He is using a WiMax antenna and they are on Time Warner's Road Runner service. Is this legal to do?

I care because I can't get high speed access where I live...and neither can he, by normal means.

Answer 1

From the Road Runner Service Policy:

(Notice the part about redistributing the service...with or without charging others a fee)

5. Subscriber Conduct.

(a) The ISP Service as offered and provided under this Agreement is a residential service offered for personal, non-commercial use only. Subscriber will not resell or redistribute (whether for a fee or otherwise) the ISP Service, or any portion thereof, or otherwise charge others to use the ISP Service, or any portion thereof. Subscriber agrees not to use the ISP Service for operation as an internet service provider, for the hosting of websites (other than as expressly permitted as part of the ISP Service) or for any enterprise purpose whether or not the enterprise is directed toward making a profit.

Answer 2

This is not a computer question but a legal one. I would think that Time Warner would not agree that it is legal but seems to me that if you pay for a service it belongs to you. So if you buy a car or cell phone and lend it to a buddy then that is legal.
By the argument that he is not at the service address then I would ask about using my portable phone from my neighbors back yard.
Good question but what do you care about how he is getting internet access??

Answer 3

Or course not, but they probably won't know unless contacted.
Sharing is usually not permitted.

If you read the papers or Yahoo news, many try to STEAL internet from their neighbors that leave their WiFi wide open with no password and the default username because they just don't know to change it.
So that is worse in my book.

Answer 4

No!