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Killing Your Bandwidth ?? :-

High-speed broadband connections don't just grow on trees. We all like getting our money's worth when it comes to our Internet connection so we often extend its reach by adding a wireless router or a wireless access point. Once we start broadcasting wireless access, our signal can potentially be picked up outside of our home by our neighbors. If we haven't secured our connection then they might be able to connect and use our Internet access.

Enter: The Wireless Internet Leech. These people live right around you or might just be passing thru so they can do a "drive-by-leeching". They have no problem connecting to your wireless network and killing your bandwidth while you pay the bill. They don't think twice about connecting to any open wireless access point they happen to find.

Your neighbors will likely be a little mad at you for turning off their free Internet gravy train. They may sneer at you and let their dog use the bathroom in your yard from now on. At least now that they are no longer getting a free ride, maybe you will have enough bandwidth to stream an HD movie without it stuttering and getting all "blocky" for a change.

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