Amaru K
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Tue Jan 18, 2005 11:08 pm Post subject:
ISP hassle and data stream encryption? |
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I'll try to make this short. I've been without broadband for a few year
after having DSL for a few years. During that time i've been stuck o
dialup and ISDN. When i finally got the chance to get broadband,
jumped on it. My broadband is wireless. I have an antenna on my roo
that connects to a local access point in town. Well after being i
connection hell these past few years, i freakin went ballistic once
had the SPEED again. So in the first month, I dl'd about 70
gig(Conservative guess). My ISP kinda flipped and threatened to cance
my account. This is a local ISP btw. He complained that my stream wa
"constant" and that violated the agreement. This apparently cause
congestion on the access point with a business that pays big time $$$
for access.I agreed to tone it down (basically until i had all th
facts). I went today to talk to him about the agreement. This is wha
he highlighted in my copy:
" I undertand this is a limited access single user account"
and
"No Web server, game servers, or servers of any kind are allowed an
violator's acces will be terminated"
IMO, this agreement is extremely vague. I thought i would listen to hi
first before i attacked it. His language and tone (and the networ
tech's) indicated that they knew what i was downloading. They didn'
say it directly, but that's the picture i got. I'm still waiting on hi
to contact me to see what options i will have.
So my questions are:
1. Any recommendations on software that i could use to encrypt m
stream or should i go with a usenet that has the option.
2. Opinions on the "agreement"? I am (as well as them) under a 3 yea
contract. I have NO OTHER options for broadband. Cable or dsl is not a
option.
If i have to, i'll take this to court
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Amaru
http://forums.speedguide.ne |
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Cyrus Afzali
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Wed Jan 19, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:
Re: ISP hassle and data stream encryption? |
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On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:08:27 -0500, Amaru K
<Amaru.K.1j2h30@no-mx.earth.universe.org> wrote:
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I'll try to make this short. I've been without broadband for a few years
after having DSL for a few years. During that time i've been stuck on
dialup and ISDN. When i finally got the chance to get broadband, i
jumped on it. My broadband is wireless. I have an antenna on my roof
that connects to a local access point in town. Well after being in
connection hell these past few years, i freakin went ballistic once i
had the SPEED again. So in the first month, I dl'd about 700
gig(Conservative guess). My ISP kinda flipped and threatened to cancel
my account. This is a local ISP btw. He complained that my stream was
"constant" and that violated the agreement. This apparently causes
congestion on the access point with a business that pays big time $$$$
for access.I agreed to tone it down (basically until i had all the
facts). I went today to talk to him about the agreement. This is what
he highlighted in my copy:
" I undertand this is a limited access single user account"
and
"No Web server, game servers, or servers of any kind are allowed and
violator's acces will be terminated"
IMO, this agreement is extremely vague. I thought i would listen to him
first before i attacked it. His language and tone (and the network
tech's) indicated that they knew what i was downloading. They didn't
say it directly, but that's the picture i got. I'm still waiting on him
to contact me to see what options i will have.
So my questions are:
1. Any recommendations on software that i could use to encrypt my
stream or should i go with a usenet that has the option.
2. Opinions on the "agreement"? I am (as well as them) under a 3 year
contract. I have NO OTHER options for broadband. Cable or dsl is not an
option.
If i have to, i'll take this to court.
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The question is what are you doing to rack up that kind of bandwidth
usage? If it's streaming media or something like that, and that kind
of usage is prohibited in the terms of service, then you're in
trouble. However, I'm not sure why you think what he underlined is
vague. It's very specific to me, and probably to most. He thinks
you're operating a server, so are you or not?
Any ISP can in fact know exactly what you're doing over their network
just by looking at their access logs. This is entirely what was at
issue when the RIAA started going after individual users. The ISPs had
that information all along, but initially fought before turning it
over. Once they were forced to, the RIAA had no difficulty determining
who had been sharing files.
Lastly, though, save the money on a lawyer or the time in court.
You've got no case because you didn't buy a service with any kind of
guarantees. |
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