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Re: [LUG] re ISP's - FYI

 

Julian Hall wrote:
> 
> I didn't and still do not see AUP as 
> having any business dealing with user bandwidth other than deliberate 
> abuses as mentioned above.  It should be plainly stated in the Terms and 
> Conditions, not hidden away in a sub-clause such as the AUP.

Agreed.

> Unlimited is probably a thinly disguised 'we don't have anything in our 
> Ts & Cs about it' which is not even close to the same thing.

I think it is just a problem that arose from the success of peer to peer
services. Until they hit, you likely wouldn't run a server on regular
ISP connections (and/or the T&C forbade it, so the ISP could moan at you).

But that "server" definition went a bit vague with peer to peer
networks, where just because you downloaded a popular file, you are now
uploading it continuously.

I think it was BT discussing "unlimited, but not peer to peer", which
from a technical perspective I can understand, but like you what matters
 to me is honesty in how it is sold.

The actual details are less of an issue - heck I can't even remember the
details of how my current connection is capped.


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