This article inspired me to track down the user agreement I have with my cable ISP, and it's pretty much the same. If not a little worse even.:-)
The URL is http://www.cox.com/OKC/CoxatHome/agreement.asp, but the jist of it is that I A) can't do anything illegal (not defined), B) can't download or possess anything obscene (not defined), C) can't download or possess trademarked material (not defined, but I assume I can't use Napster), D) I may not operate a Web, http, FTP, email, chat, nntp, game, Gateway or proxy server from home, and E) I may not use a VPN (virtual private network) or VPN tunneling protocol.
The consequences of these henious crimes is that I might get "upgraded" to the business plan and/or prosecuted.
James
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This article inspired me to track down the user agreement I have with my cable ISP, and it's pretty much the same. If not a little worse even. :-)
The URL is http://www.cox.com/OKC/CoxatHome/agreement.asp, but the jist of it is that I A) can't do anything illegal (not defined), B) can't download or possess anything obscene (not defined), C) can't download or possess trademarked material (not defined, but I assume I can't use Napster), D) I may not operate a Web, http, FTP, email, chat, nntp, game, Gateway or proxy server from home, and E) I may not use a VPN (virtual private network) or VPN tunneling protocol.
The consequences of these henious crimes is that I might get "upgraded" to the business plan and/or prosecuted.
James