Protocol Blog Launch
Welcome and thank you for visiting the Protocol, Inc. Digital Sistas Blog
I am a Blog Host(ess) for Digital Sistas and we want to have an ongoing dialog with you. It is our goal, even more our mission, to be a portal through which African-American women nationwide can link and collaborate with one another around the world.
Another facet of the Digital Sistas’ mission is to act as a platform to launch new media and contemporary discussion among African-American women in technology. Blog with me! My role is to encourage discussion and thought on the protocol and etiquette associated with technology and people using technology.
Please give me some feedback on the article ”Wi-Fi Etiquette.” Do you think it is OK to log on to someone else’s connection? Any stories on etiquette issues while surfing the net? Post your comments and share your experiences. I can’t wait to Blog with you!
on August 27, 2008 on 3:53 am
Although I don’t think that it’s ok, I must admit, if I’m in an area and see that I am able to log-on using someone else’s connection, I have been known to use it on occasssions.
on September 23, 2008 on 5:04 am
If it is not locked down and I am having technical difficulty I will do it. I do insist on having my own connection though, just because they (whomever has open access) may lock it down. One interesting thing…we download a lot of movies. With talk of paying for bandwith utilization, I think hijacking others bandwith will become more of a concern as the monthly utilization rates climb. Performance is an issue when you live in densely packed areas. Network performance slows typically in the evening hours. Is it right, maybe not. It is immoral, I don’t think so either.
-J
on September 24, 2008 on 5:10 pm
It’s easily done, but the thought of that Florida man who was charged with a third-degree felony, after he was arrested for accessing a St. Petersburg resident’s wireless Internet network without permission, forces me to think again. Plus, in Baltimore in 2008, a Republican delegate proposed jail time for using neighbor’s unsecured wi-fi. Hasn’t passed in the state’s General Assembly yet, I think. But like Jamila’s best option: have your own.