South African households are advised to be cautious about the legal implications and potential terms of service violations when they share their home Wi-Fi network, especially if they charge their neighbors. This practice can be particularly relevant in areas where high-speed uncapped connections are offered by a single fibre network operator, making such services expensive for lower-to-middle-income households.
South African households should be aware of legal issues and terms of service violations for sharing access to their home Wi-Fi network with neighbours, particularly when charging for that privilege.
High prices are particularly prevalent when an estate or complex has an exclusivity agreement with a specific Internet service provider . Transmitting a Wi-Fi connection into a public space requires an Electronic Communications Service or Electronic Communications Network Service licence from ICASA.
A property wall divides properties by law, but the nature of Wi-Fi is that it bleeds onto other properties. MyBroadband has regularly written articles about data-hungry users consuming multiple terabytes of data in a month, indicating that they could share their connections with multiple neighbours.
WIFI SHARING LEGAL ISSUES TERMS OF SERVICE SOUTH AFRICA FIBRE NETWORK
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