what to do after @home

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Possibly, but that would never stand up in court. 
Additionally, since day one, they have allowed the use of http, ftp, and telnet services. There is a 
lot of written support for that in their newsgroups. I have not been on their newsgroups for a while. 
If there is a conflict in documentation, the courts generally go with the less restrictive one. The SA 
is also an agreement beteen the subscriber and the company, where the AUP is is a policy that 
can be modified at will. 


On 6 Dec 2001 at 16:27, Peter R. Wood wrote:

> 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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> 

Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
http://www.blu.org