If my next door neighbor has Verizon Fios internet can i use his signal on my computer to get on the internet.

Question

If my next door neighbor has Verizon Fios internet can i use his signal on my computer to get on the internet.

Answer 1

The way I see it....if you don't use any software to crack encryption and the network is unsecured ,then its a free game.

There is no law against that its just immoral. Its like you can see through your window your neighbors wife naked....if they don't like it they can pull the drapes!

Anyway the only way they can find you is  if you have your real name as a computer name.They can find your MAC address but they have to come to your house and check your computer to mach it. If they new how to do all that they would have their network protected. It's your call.

Answer 2

yes, if it is not secured and if you want to potentially have legal troubles AND a mad neighbor... just ask if you can use it and pitch in for the cost, then all is happy

Answer 3

There is no legal way to use his internet unless you have it run into your house as well.

Answer 4

the internet should be free!!

Answer 5

You should be able to if the range is wide enough. Be sure to ask him/her though, or else you may face charges for using it illegally.

Answer 6

wakey - <sarcasm>I'm all for the Internet being for free.  Please provide me information to connect to your service.</sarcasm>  You aren't paying for the Internet rather you are paying for a service connection to the Internet.  The ISP maintains the connection (installation of the physical lines, routers, switches, etc...) and you pay them to access with it.

Now as for using your neighbors signal (you are referring to wireless signal, right?), are you using with or without your neighbors permission?  Laws unfortunately aren't consistent concerning wireless access without the subscribers consent.  The subscriber may also have additional restrictions related to the agreement they have with Verizon so that they don't share it out with the neighborhood (I haven't read the FiOS agreement recently to know if this is the case or not with it).

Now hopefully your neighbor has secured their wireless router so they don't have people using their connection without their permission.  If they lock it properly, they would need to provide you the WEP key and they could even require you to provide them with the MAC address of your NIC (granted this could be spoofed, but not all hardware/software supports it).