Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | | Subject | Re: Uncle Sam Wants YOU! | | Date | 2 Jul 2001 10:49:37 -0700 |
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Followup to: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0107021307160.3665-100000@benatar.snurgle.org> By author: William T Wilson <fluffy@snurgle.org> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Jesse Pollard wrote: > > > Better re-read the fine print on the "fair-use" statement. BOTH DSL > > and Cable, or dialup (New Orleans at least) will disconnect you if you > > run ANY unattended operation (if they determine it IS unattended). No > > This would take a lot of watching on their part. > > My cable company occasionally portscans me, so I blackholed the > portscanning machine. Even before I had done that, though, they never > complained about my remote logins. They only complain if you use > excessive bandwidth or if you do anything commercial. > > The DSL provider here, when it was still US West, explicitly stated to me > (over the phone) that they absolutely did not care what I did with it as > long as it was not illegal. However they would still not give you a > static IP address unless you paid them extra money. :} >
When I got Pac*Smell DSL, the installer guy (who seemed to be a relatively clueful type) said "and [the contract] says you're not allowed to run a server... but who'd know?"
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