Reply #6: This is interesting.

[displacedtexan]

My loft building has free WiFi.
I can sit in the park across the street and work on my laptop.

Also, when I bought my new laptop, there were 3 or 4 different WiFi options available with excellent signal strength.

Is it stealing? Sounds like it is, but...

If a neighbor pays for a floodlight that benefits people walking down the sidewalk, are those people stealing anything?

Of course, I don't know much about WiFi. Is the subscriber charged for other people piggybacking?