what to do after @home

[prw at prwdot.org (Peter R. Wood)]

Their Acceptable Use Policy might override their Service Agreement:

SA: https://help.broadband.att.com/faq.jsp?name=attbi_sub_agree
AUP: https://help.broadband.att.com/faq.jsp?name=attbi_aup

To summarize:
* Section 8, Paragraph (i) in the SA says (in so many words) that the
customer is solely responsible for damages incurred by running FTP/HTTP
servers, but does not expressly forbid the action.

-however-

* Paragraph xiii in the AUP states that customers may not "run programs or
servers from the Premises which provide network content or any other
services to others.  Examples of prohibited programs include, but are not
limited to, mail, ftp, http, game, newsgroup, proxy, IRC servers and
multi-user interactive forums."

So when it comes down to it, they will probably go with the AUP's rule to
shut down people who are causing trouble.

Peter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org>
To: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: what to do after @home


> For the most part, I have had AT&T (nee Mediaone, nee Highway1) since it
was first available in
> Newton. Continental Cablevision was owned by USWest at that time, then
they spun off Mediaone
> into a separate entity, then AT&T.
>
> The AT&T customer service reps are cookbook droids, but so were
Mediaone's. I think that
> service has has a few glitches since AT&T took over, but it has been
generally good and reliable.
> The @HOME fiasco has not had any real affect on the original M1X
customers. There have been
> problems as AT&T has migrated severs and networks.
> I was also looking at their most recent terms of service agreement (I
don't have the URL handy),
> which seems to specifically allow for ftp, telnet and http servers.
>
> They do plan on a tiered service next year, but Mediaone was very open
that they were planning a
> tiered service also.
>
> My advice:
> If you have a high speed service, wait for the next 6 months. Roll with
the punches for a while.
> Things will get sorted out one way or another. AT&T BB will either be an
independent business,
> part of AOL, or remain part of AT&T.
>
> The DSL side of things is very sticky right now. It is not a better
technbology, but you are still
> relying on Verizon.
>
> RCN seems to be a bit more stable from a corporate standpoint, but from
what I read, their
> service also has glitches.
>
> The only think with me is I still rent my cable modem because when I have
a problem, I won't get
> any finger pointing. Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
> Associate Director
> Boston Linux and Unix user group
> http://www.blu.org
>
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