while i was initially happy that earlier this
week the reputable
electronic frontier foundation
released a first-cut
list of “wireless friendly” ISPs
, after reflection, i agree with some of the
criticisms
:
“The EFF list is purely amateur-quality work and does
not reflect well on the EFF itself, nor does it serve any naive
member of the public well. Everything must begin somewhere, but it
is the quality rather than the quantity that bothers me. Most of
the meager group of entities that have “made the cut” on the list
are there simply because “the EULA doesn’t prohibit it…” (i.e.
wireless connection sharing), even when other comments in the EULA
(or AUP or SA or whatever) strongly suggest a negative take on
sharing. The lack of a specific citation may be due simply to the
fact that the technology and practice came into vogue after the
EULA was created and they haven’t gotten off their butts to update
it, and send it to everyone, etc., etc.”