Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

There is a campaign going on this:

http://stopthecap.com/

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

As others have said, if its wireless, then sharing is easy, if you want to.
If you do not, make sure you use security with a password, and dont broadscat SSID.
Also change your password often, as passwords can be broken.
Do a search on 'wardriving' for more info

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

I'm on a 60 gb plan and have gone over by about 5 gb twice in about 5 years..we don't have netflix and I have heard that a typical movie is about 4 or 5 gb...so it can add up quickly..something that the internet providors don't tell you about.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

Don't broadcast SSID.
Use a password
Use MAC Filtering.

Do all this and if you choose you can still share internet access with your neighbour by giving her the SSID, Password and enabling access to her machine. Why quite you would want to provide someone free and uncontrolled internet access on your dime is another matter......

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

Plus you have no control after that as to what sites they visit or stuff they download, which would be traced to your router address I presume.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

How do you how much of your download allowance you use each month? Do you need to get software to monitor it or does the internet provider show you if you log into your account? I think my plan allows either 60 or 100 gb which I'm pretty sure we don't get anywhere near but it would be good to find out how much is being used.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

Rogers provide it online and you can see your daily useage and accruing total. They also send an email and warn within your browser when he hit 75% and then 100%.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

A friend in the UK used to share the internet with a group of his neighbours but they would split the costs.

If your neighbour wants to use your internet, they should be willing to pay their share of the costs.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

This is an interesting article.

http://www.moneyville.ca/article/946...-cable-tv?bn=1

Read between the lines and you will see exactly which side the CRTC is on when it came to trying to force companies like Teksavvy to bill by usage.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

^^^ What he says. I have a 90Gb cap and have never come close to hitting it. Clearly others are downloading more porn than I am.;)

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

I watch netflix. With HD content, you can very quickly go over your limmit. If you watch alot of HD on your computer this is also a problem.

In just a few days of watching HD movies we went over 100 GB. Niw we watch most things in standard definition and get nowhere near this amount.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

I unwittingly trusted the Rogers warnings at 75% and 100%...when I went over the 1st time, I asked Rogers how could they prove I went over.....and what I could do to prevent it in the future...they didn't really have many answers.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

I'm on Techsavvy after giving Rogers the finger a year ago. I have a 300GB monthly account limit - in January we used 320 GB (we weren't charged Yay!)

Usage based billing as far as I'm concerned is yet another money grab by the telco monopolies.

According to stats given to the CRTC, 1GB of bandwith costs the telcos less than $0.05c, and the price is falling. Yet they want to cap, and charge $1.50 for every GB used over the cap, for everyone using their infrastructure.

What this means is that streamed content e.g. Netflix, Digital Radio, YouTube, will become increasingly cost prohibitive, and will bar online development for Canadian websites - not that we don't live in the dark ages anyway given the paucity of Canadian ecommerce sites etc.

I'm really glad that the Conservatives nixed this plan. I'm shocked that such an uncompetitive practice nearly was mandated. It would mean the end of me being able to stream UK content, and do many things that I and my household like to do with the internet. Like using a webcam to call home for example...

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

Thanks to all who have replied. I am always impressed by how knowledgeable you all are, hence the original post. My neighbour did not offer to pay share of costs and I didn't want to share anyway. She wanted share for free hence my calling her a 'freeloader'. Could cause too many probs. as some of you have outlined. I dug deep in my original Rogers doc. and found that modem is indeed protected. I also eventually got through to Rogers who said that unless I gave her my password she wouldn't get anywhere. Again this is what some of you have also said.
Thank you all again for your precious input.

Re: freeloader and my Rogers modem
 

My router is so well protected that the Shaw tech said there must be something wrong with it as the only mac address they could "see" was zero's for it. Even when we explained to them that it was locked down tight to the point of being 'invisible' to stop hacking, they still told us there must be something wrong with it.

(It works perfectly)

Great techs, eh!