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<font face="Verdana">+1 to Jane. Someone who refers to the
"deadbeats and undesirables" using the wifi may not be the best
partner. Regarding illegal downloads and such, that can be dealt
with in other ways than restricting passwords. You could, for
instance, only allow traffic through certain internet ports for
popular application</font>s (e.g. web browsing, chat, email,
etc.). Alternatively, you could throttle ports commonly used for
illicit downloads, such as common BitTorrent ports, such that people
wanting to engage in illegal conduct simply find it too slow to do
on your network.<br>
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Cheers!<br>
Buzzy<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/25/2015 09:17 AM, Jane Salisbury
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reluctant to partner with someone who was trying to exclude a
group that he describes as "deadbeats and undesirables". That
would seem to be completely contrary to the ideal of free
public libraries, regardless of whatever advantages his
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<div>I know this has already been covered but I need
advice. One of our branches has been offered internet
at no cost that will be a great increase in service.
But.....the person in charge wants to control the wifi
with a password only available to patrons that come
into the library. This would limit wifi to anyone who
doesn't get the password during workng hours. The
password would be changed randomly but it sounds like
it wouldn't be daily. I would love the service for our
computers, but I am not in favor of the password
system. Their theory is that it would limit "deadbeats
and undesirable people" from using our wifi for
illicit purposes. He claims that if a patron uses our
wifi for illegal activities we the library will be
open for prosecution. Do we accept the better service
and continue to pay for our current internet to allow
24/7 service? Or do we accept the offer and their
limitations?</div>
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<div>Thanks everyone in advance for your expert advice. <br>
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