If I fix my neighbor's internet connection for him, without asking him, that I've been stealing, am I doing him a favor?

Ha! I find that really funny - I wish someone would break into MY house and do the dishes! :p I know very little about this sort of thing but I think that if you using his internet connection isn't going to be costing him any extra money then there's nothing wrong with it.

People will disagree, but that's the way it goes... Perhaps you could do something about that though - you could suggest to him that you share his router and you both pay half the bill. Don't let on that you've already been using it and everyone's a winner! ;).

I would just let him have his broken internet connection and get my own. Maybe the whole thing is a setup and he has been secretly spying on your internet activity ever since you moved in. Sure, it not probable, but you have no way of knowing.

Or perhaps he wants to catch you in the act, so he purposely disconnected his internet. Again, you cannot be sure. Plus, if you get your own internet connection, you don't have to share it with him.

While I do not agree with the stealing portion..I do agree that you are helping him in that he does not have to wait for a tech or sit on an endless tech support call. Other then that I cannot support or condone your stealing of his bandwidth that he/she pays for.

Sometimes people argue that an open wireless connection is like having a radio on... that's similar, except that when you listen to someone else's radio, you're not making it harder for them to hear. If fixing it for him fixes it for you, too, then it's all good. It's up to him to protect what he has... Maybe he doesn't care if it's not affecting his service... but if you're piggybacking, maybe other people are too.

If you put a dish of jellybeans on your desk, everyone will feel like they can help themselves. If you put it in your drawer, (regardless of if it's locked) you're basically saying, "this is not available for open consumption.

I would suggest to BE VERY CAREFUL with the actions you take in this situation. I would suggest NOT breaking in but maybe knocking on his door and asking him if he has had a problem with his Internet connection lately. Then, you can tell by his answer if he has unplugged it or if he needs help fixing it.

That way you would not have to break in and if he is a cool guy you might even be able to kind of make a joke about using his router. Definitely do that and DO NOT break in. He may have an alarm, a camera etc.And if you go in there w/o him knowing and somehow he finds out you will be in jail without a computer anyway, so don't take a chance.

Just knock on his door and say you have been having internet connection problems (since you have it's not a lie) and since you know he's having problems ask him, then he could invite you in to fix it. Whatever you choose to do good luck!

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