Shouldn't be a problem, my neighbour uses my wi-fi internet connection with a 10 quid usb dongle. Works out quite well - he takes me and mine out for a meal every now and then as a thankyou and it costs me nothing

Quick update - I get five networks listed, but only one is not password protected, so I use that. I hope it's my neighbours!

I am fairly confident that it is, as it's the only one showing 5 bars on the signal strength meter but (oddly?) this drops to 2-3 bars when connected.

Just as well, the garbage service I'm getting from Madasafish is very much akin to money under false pretences (two line drops just typing this, but when I complain, they always claim it's my equipment).

Wherever I go these days there seem to be unsecured networks.

If I happen to want to browse I use 'em

A wide-open network seems to me to imply consent to use and I have no qualms about it.

Just don't use unencrypted protocols to access anything where your logon/password is important (Banks and the like).

Ppruning is OK :E

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A thought on that certain ISP...

A friend of mine locally was using Madasafish, and has recently switched to broadband.

She discovered that she can't collect her Madasafish mail via her broadband connection - she has to access it via their dial-up. She sent everyone in her address book a message with the new address, asking them to drop the old one.

A week later, the only thing in the Madasafish mailbox was a large crop of spam. So she's just left it. Serves Madasafish and the spammers right ;)

For info a BT engineer told me that their routers are set up to be secure by default; no one elses are. Huge numbers of insecure routers around; with very little knowledge it is possible to wreck havoc up and down your road. Beware. Glad I'm not wi-fi'd.