ISP TOS violations

[Andrew W. Gaunt]

I've had adelphia "power link" for over a year now and
their attitude seems to be if you're not a problem they'll
happily take your money every month. Why would it be any
different than that? Sure, they have policies that say "no servers"
and or "modem sharing" or whatever, but, if your checks clear
and your not a drain on their expenses then who really cares what
the policies are?  The policies aren't  really all tha consistent anyway.
For example, when I first signed up, the policy stated that only
one computer could be connected to the cable modem yet
on the web page there was a "Howto" like page that explained
how to connect more than one computer using a home NAT box
like the linksys, dlink etc.

I have suffered several major Power Link outages that  have
affected just my area or just my own home. These outages (which
were not my fault)  put a drain on Adelphia's resources
as technicians drove around in trucks,  made repairs the system,
checked my drop's power levels, stood around scratching their
heads, etc. There were no secrets, they were in my home and saw
all the stuff hangiing off the linksys router (A gaggle of PCs, and an
Sun Ultra1). Nobody really cared about what I was doing as long
as I wasn't a  problem. I suppose if I was an  arrogant SOB while
the troubleshooting was going on instead of trying to work with them
then they might have said something, but, I held my tongue and
all was cool.

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bscott at ntisys.com wrote:

>On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, at 5:40pm, ken at flyingtoasters.net wrote:
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>>As for their ToS not allowing servers, well... you'd think if they really
>>cared ...
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>  Terms Of Serivce are policy.  Filters are enforcement.  A current and/or
>previous lack of enforcement does not cancel policy.  Just ask Iraq.  :-)
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>  Furthermore, if I were you, would not contact Adelphia about this.  It
>could easily backfire.  They might not know or care about your existing TOS
>violations, but complaining that you you are having trouble violating their
>Terms Of Service might be considered asking for punishment.  :-)
>
>  Like I said the other week, "Don't ask, don't tell".  If what you're doing
>doesn't bother them, they won't bother you.  But if you start bothering
>them, the easiest option (for them) might be to turn you off.
>
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