Most of the investment case for Sync, which helps companies gain access to the Internet and other networks, lies in hopes for the future.

Businesses like NorthPoint and Covad spent much of their time lobbying local phone companies and regulators to make it easier to gain access to networks.

Laptops let you gain access to wireless networks found on campuses and other school grounds and at hangouts like coffee shops.

Local residents complained that he was repeatedly trying to gain access to residential networks with a laptop from a car.

As a result, the intruder was able to gain access to internal networks.

Arris, a private company also based in Westford, would expand Cascade's product line to allow users to gain access to high-speed networks from remote locations.

Some experts are worried that the program will be used by computer hackers to gain unauthorized access to networks at large companies, government agencies and even military installations.

Each option would permit the user to gain access to other networks around the country.

In the attack, they were able to intercept transmissions and gain unauthorized access to wireless networks.

Hacktivism: the action or practice of gaining unauthorized access to computer files or networks in order to further social or political ends.