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Old 07-18-2006, 09:01 PM   #12
MaggieL
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Originally Posted by Rock Steady
@Els: When you connect to any ISP, your tranmissions go through their equipment. With this free WiFi service, part of their equipment is a server that simply pastes an extra banner ad HTML before the publisher's HTML you are viewing.
Sounds like a good way to break some pages. Also sounds like a job for AdBlock.

Son of NetZero...

I'd hate to find a comercial service's WiFi signal at my house. I might have to demonstrate that I'm licenced for much more power in that band than they are...especially since they're not licenced for that band at all. Might involve some highly directional antennas.
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