extending at the edge

[Simon Lockhart]

On Wed Oct 10, 2012 at 04:24:35PM +0100, Tony Finch wrote:
> > Wifi depends on "who offers it"
> 
> Right. I was thinking of hotel or cafe hot spots - where you are likely to
> want to sign up once and share rather than sign up multiple devices
> separately.

But surely the provider is going to *want* you to sign up multiple times -
particularly if it's a pay-for service. They're not going to want you to pay
once, then share it to all your mates, as that's loss of revenue.
 
> I'm wondering how likely it will be to encounter service providers that
> have not designed their offerings for end-user extensibility.

Because of the above, at $dayjob, I don't support PD.

Simon