ATTBI Registration Resolved

[nmeyers at javalinux.net (Nathan Meyers)]

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 01:57:03PM -0400, Brian J. Conway wrote:
> The first and third don't apply to me, personally.  I noticed the 2nd one 
> listed when I saw the changes the other day, but upon looking at the list, 
> it only specifies approved cable modems and network cards.  As I am using 
> approved devices from those lists to connect multiple computers, I don't 
> see a problem.  I think they're trying to cover themselves against 
> people that are sharing Wi-Fi with their neighbors or running a 
> high-traffic site on a residential cable line, but I don't see anything 
> that contradicts what's stated in the Security FAQ (these things were 
> already mentioned there before being expanded recently in the AUP, I 
> think).

Agreed. It's not worth AT&T's time and trouble to care about what's going
on in your home network. It is worth their trouble to care about people
who blow their average bandwidth assumptions out of the water because
they're sharing that bandwidth with a hundred or so of their closest
friends. Having a policy gives them something to enforce (or ignore)
- it doesn't mean they're going to harrass reasonable users.

Nathan

> -b
> 
> > Although this has changed recently.  For some enthralling reading, check out
> > their new AUP:
> > 
> > http://help.broadband.att.com/faq.jsp?content_id=1107&category_id=34
> > 
> > Revised on July 25. It contains language that restricts the use of wireless
> > networks and connection sharing via firewall: