Servers and Tos

[Shaun Oliver]

at the risk of being helpful, Gregory Nowak delivered up the following on Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 11:02:18AM -0600, 
> > and, I totally agree, any ISP that gives you lightening fast speeds, and doesn't think your going to run servers is totally moronic,
> > and to enforce that, is beyond moronic, and totally unfair.
> 
> If you would have said that about dsl, I would totally agree with
> you. However, you need to keep in mind the differences between dsl and
> cable connections. Yes, they both give you fast speeds, but they don't
> work the same way, just as a car and train can get you somewhere fast,
> but there are differences of course between how a car and train work.
> 
> So, when cable ISPs don't allow their users to run servers, I can
> totally see where the ISP is coming from.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> 

Ok, with your cable provider, if I'm not mistaken, you're sharing that
bandwidth with others on your subnet.
wihch is more than likely those in the same suburb as you with cable
connection as well.
the isp isn't going to give this bandwidth up freely because they don't
just pay for a monthly block. they're paying for every little bit of
bandwidth you use up and if you're going to sit there with a home
service and run wtf you like on it, you're a fool.
you know the tos, you know the consequences of your actions.

think for starters about the people that have to share that bandwidth
with you. if you're always hogging it, your isp is well within their
rights to cut you off and take any action they deme appropriate as set
forth in the tos.

think about what you're doing and if you want to run servers, be
prepared to pay for the bandwidth and I mean per megabyte not this
monthly block business.



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Shaun Oliver


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