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   ghost to jet_gordon@hotmail.com   
   Re: helping a friend   
   21 Oct 05 03:12:29   
   
   From: ghost@god-dash-eater-dot-.org   
      
   In article <1129681656.079850.51990@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,   
    jet_gordon@hotmail.com wrote:   
      
   > I am curious .. I had a wifi card with vodafone but they charged by   
   > data and in the end it was pretty expensive..   
   >   
   > Now I dont mind so much just now but I have a friend who ..well hes in   
   > the funny farm and not doing well , I was hoping internet access might   
   > cheer him up so forth but of course theres no damm phone jack and hes   
   > only being given 20 a month to live on..   
   >   
   > So then I was looking at my options and I noticed there was wifi   
   > network called cloud that seemed resonable price for a month between 20   
   > / 30 where hes at in Inverenss , Scotland..   
   >   
   > HOWEVER   
   >   
   > The other option I was thinking of which may involve more cost at least   
   > initially, or someone with the know all and some karma to burn, was to   
   > find a way he could somehow hack into the phone line and use it.. at   
   > night when it was not busy.   
   >   
   > Well if any one has any suggestions I'd apprecaite it , I can give him   
   > my old card and was going search for cheap lal top i could but him ,   
   > thats not so much problem as finding a way to get affordable access ,   
   > as it stand i would prob have to help pay for him if we went with the   
   > cloud option ..   
   >   
   > thank yer all   
   >   
   > balli   
      
   tapping into the phone lines would require some physical access to said   
   lines (ie, a jack). Unless his room is near the demark (he got a   
   window?) of the building, in which case you could simply ride off of   
   that.   
   ghost   
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