A2L1 wrote:
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> On Friday 28 February 2003 12:23 am, you wrote:
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>>I've worked mostly with DSL and of course dialup, and
>>once with RR. Other companies included Bellsouth,
>>Auglink(st.augustine), and various others. They all
>>seem to have disclaimers and such with the "average"
>>user (cough cough Winders) saying something about only
>>using one computer and such. Everytime I've grilled
>>them on it, all anyone ever said to me was "Well, do
>>whatever you want, but if you want support then you
>>need to run just one computer" Bah, like Steve said,
>>most of the time they can't tell anyway. I think it's
>>just a way for them to try to eek for profits out of
>>the sheep herd. I guess what I'm asking is this: Has
>>anyone out there had any contract or legal issues with
>>running a network behind a DSL or Cable connection? I
>>have heard of companies getting irritated about how
>>much bandwidth is used, but these days I could run 100
>>websites and still not come close to using the
>>bandwidth that streaming media uses off just one
>>machine.
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> I use verizon and have back to the gte days and with the cable I havent had a
> problem. I run my network behind a linksys router/firewall and have never had
> a bit of problem nor have I had any inquiry or contact from verizon ( or gte
> ) about it. If that is any help. Oh and I have a server (ftp) running 24/7
> that some friends and I use regulary and not a peep --- and may it stay that
> way : ) Of course I never went to them and asked if it was permitted or asked
> for support either, I guess its a dont ask dont tell kind of thing, so Im not
> going to ask.
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> A J
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I did ask and it is not a problem as long as my bandwidth is not
excessive. They did not define excessive. I have to work around
dynamic IP address though (no biggie).
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