[63834] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Block all servers?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric Kuhnke)
Fri Oct 10 20:09:54 2003
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From: Eric Kuhnke <eric@fnordsystems.com>
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The TOS/AUP for most residential broadband connections already allows the ISP to shut off service or do anything they want to the customer without prior notice. It has been this way for at least 3 or 4 years, since the advent of @Home. Take a look at the TOS/AUP for Comcast, Shaw Cable, MSN DSL or similar...
>Second, in the acceptable use policy for high speed connections, require
>a "licence" of some kind. We have licenses/permits for our cars, our
>dogs, our burglar alarms, for going fishing,..... Why not for broadband.
>Actually I can see many reasons both to do it and not to do it, so this
>is clearly an area where debate is reasonable.
