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  • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldNever ask
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    7 hours ago

    They aren’t though, pagers run in a separate frequency and their own towers with far greater range and penetration. Most aren’t even bi directional they just receive so there is no way to track them.

    Pagers have more in common with a transistor radio than a cell phone.














  • You may want to update your OP. Not being part of the University, makes a HUGE difference and will affect your options. Typically, when people say “dorms” it’s direct University provided housing.

    Options in this case:

    1. Just play dumb, nobody expects anyone to actually read TOS.

    2. Setup a router level VPN.

    3. Buy your own hotspot for Internet access. (May be cheaper to just pay for additional devices)


  • In that case, just set up a router level VPN. The university probably doesn’t give a shit. Which is why the help desk IT kid said it’s fine, probably.

    It’s the 3rd party ISP just being greedy. The ISP may not even care as long as you’re not running an insane amount of traffic through it. Often this type of stuff is added to TOSs to allow them the option, if you’re being a bad actor.