Server Lockdown

Derek Martin ddm at pizzashack.org
Tue Aug 14 09:16:02 EDT 2001


On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 07:33:39AM -0400, David Lapointe wrote:
> This seems to say it clearly.
> 
> "AT&T Broadband does not allow servers to be connected to the cable modem. 
> This means that no computer in a personal network can be used as a server."
> 
> http://help.broadband.att.com/faq.jsp?content_id=416&category_id=34

May be so, but the subscriber agreement includes text which sugests
(though does not outright SAY) that it IS o.k. to run servers.  The
above is not part of your subscriber agreement...

Of course they can terminate your account for violating that anyway,
and since they're basically a monopoly in many areas, and competition
is so limited where they aren't, that they can get away with that kind
of crap.

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