Talk:Uncapping

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Well, to uncap or not is my dilemma. This is one of the reasons why Wikipedia will grow in the future. These articles are literally goldmines for those who know what they are reading. But then could be their downfall if they don't read the caveats properly.--Idleguy 18:31, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

I dont this acticle should be used by websites to sell their uncapping tools/software modified modems etc...monkeyspanker this includes you...and your site.

Promotion of online stores will be deleted repeatedly

I'm not certain 'uncapping' amounts to 'theft of services' any more than copying an ebook is 'theft'. My sweetie asked me how I'd like my ebook copied were I the author. I responded that it wouldn't be very different from how I'd feel if the book were checked out from the library--flattered but no richer. Telcos, not so long ago argued that all those evil PC owners with modems were sucking up precious bandwidth and therefore the tariffs should be modified to allow the telcos to charge for connecting to an ISP as though it were a toll call to a foreign exchange. i.e. measured service. Mobile phones and publicly broadcast television suck up tremendous portions of limited/finite spectrum belonging to the public but sold by government to proprietary interests. My point: Rather than putting everyone on a diet, the hotdog vendor is better served by bringing enough hotdogs to the fair. Artificial shortages distort the marketplace and create misapprehensions with respect to equity and entitlements. Don't bring a wheelbarrow to move a mountain of demand, bring an excavator! In fact, the demand will inevitably grow to fill the available resource over time. Build it and they will come.

My own view is that information infrastructure should evolve into a kind of public right of way much like our federal and state highway system. Taxes are used to maintain them but anyone can travel on them regardless of how poor, homeless, disenfranchised, etc. in the same way we check books out of our public libraries. Right of ways are vital to commerce and modern (even not so modern) existance. Now that we've entered the information age, data conduits serve the same purpose. There's a correlation, in fact, between the two systems in that most fiber, et al, is dependent on and laid out along the public right of ways that are visible as our roads and highways. (Sometimes public power corridors as well) The public commons, in this instance, should not be ceded to the greediest and most capitalized. Government should protect that commons and make it universally available in the same way we make basic education universally available to our citizens and for many of the same reasons. Unfortunately government is quite slow about spending public tax dollars on such ventures. The debate surrounding the interstate highway system during the Eisenhower administration was quite heated given the cost. But American hysteria in the depths of the cold war drove the debate to completion along with promises of economic rewards to the nation over time something like the transcontinental railway.

No community or individual should be denied access to this information highway at any time or place. Moreover, greed should not allow extra profits from individuals who wish or are able to travel that highway at higher speeds. Rather, like our modern freeways, the infrastructure should be built to accomodate such speeds. Yes, this costs money--possibly lots of it, which is why it should fall to government to complete the project rather than a patchwork of private interests charging tolls for each segment traveled. Would we as a people tolerate such a patchwork quilt in our national transportation/highway system? I would hope not. Currently, in most states, these proprietary stake holders aren't even regulated in how they administer or profit from their charges. Yes, the ideal of competition in an open marketplace is seductive given government ineptitude. But our future as citizens and a people is too important to allow this kind of strip mall development or 'skimming' in developing our information infrastructure. Left to their own devices, proprietors will leave us with a multi-tiered system of 'haves' and 'have-nots' when it comes to access to information that ought to be everyone's birthright.

The history of riparian rights in the Old West is instructive. Originally a vital resource was dispensed on a first come first owned basis in a relatively arid region of this country. Range wars followed when desperate farmers and cattlemen were confronted with claims of ownership over a resource vital to life itself as well as commerce. Legislators responded to the widespread violence by CHANGING the laws with respect to such resources (water) until today we see in virtually every instance that state's government (the people) own the resource so necessary to sustain them, not whoever staked the first homestead claim and built a fence around it.

Insofar as proprietors/ISPS provide private services using only their own resources and equipment to furnish it, they are in good company with Ford, GM, Motorola, IBM, Intel, etc. But this is almost never the case. Instead, they rely on a marriage of utilizing public resources and right of ways to provide those services. That implies (at least ethically) a partnership with the public interest. And even were it possible for all roads, hiways, byways, and right of ways to be transferred into private hands, it would be a bad idea. As the range wars of the Old West reveal, it's not a good idea to start/continue down that path.

I do not believe in 'tiered' access on the information highway anymore than I believe the wealthy should be allowed to purchase special license plate tags (for a fee) that would allow them to utilize the diamond lane during rush hour while those of us who put our pants on one leg at a time should be stuck two lanes over in traffic as the well heeled whiz by. Unfortunately, the laws of copyright and 'theft of services' currently don't reflect my beliefs. But that doesn't mean they're not a good idea given the opportunity and enough self esteem to avoid self-immolation.

I dont this acticle should be used by websites to sell their uncapping tools/software modified modems etc.

Promotion of online stores will be deleted repeatedly

just wanted to say for every couple thousand of ppl that uncap maby one gets a visit from the police or the fbi in this case, its more likely that the cable company comes and pulls the plug and bans you from thier service for life, and even that has about the same chance of happening. Its no different (better or worse) then downloading movies, music, etc.. ya you COULD get caught, its more likely that you wont tho. You have about the same chance of wining the lottery, except this case you get a big fine. I do it and many many of my friends do it to, we save anywhere from 40-100 a month and get better service then the cable company even offers. Well seeing this site logs ips, and shows em to anyone also seeing i just admitted to theft of service, its time to change my modems mac, serial nic mac and a few other things..... Come get me coppers!

It never ceases to amaze me how many people can (supposedly) do these things and yet can't even spell properly ^^^ . Disturbed286 (talk) 06:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

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