>>>>> "RJ" == Russell Johnson <r...@dimstar.net> writes:
RS> However, if you take their TOS use of the word "anyone" literally, RS> unless you have written approval from Comcast, no one on or off RS> your premises can use the service! RS> RS> The Service cannot be [...] made available to anyone on the RS> Premises or outside the Premises [...], directly or indirectly, RS> unless done with written approval in accordance with an applicable RS> Service plan. RJ> Taken out of context, it sure looks ominous. What it really means RJ> is you can rent, sell, or give away the service to others, other RJ> than those they know about in your service agreement. So you can't RJ> give it away to another business, but you can give it to all your RJ> employees. The contract you sign will specify who you can give it RJ> to. They are just saying you can't give it to anyone else. The literal words they use are so broad, that virtually any use you can imagine *might* fit within their language of prohibited activities. There are many unsophisticated businesses that purchase their service for which the only plausible purpose is to "give it away" to their customers, and Comcast continues to happily cash their checks. What you are left with is a pervasive pattern of technical violation allowed for as long as it is financially convenient to the carrier. But if for any reason they decide they don't like you or what you are doing, they have immediately available grounds for terminating your service with prejudice. It's a completely wonderful model ... if you are Comcast. PS: $15/month for a static IP? sheesh! Can you say, "yippee! we don't have any competition!"? -- Russell Senior, President russ...@personaltelco.net _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug