http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r11701969 en Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:33:56 EDT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:33:56 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11704863 moonpuppy : Go ahead and quote the TOS. We all know it is filled with double speak and vague language. According to the TOS of most ISP's, the following could be illegal:

- routers
- downloading too much (subject to to the whims of the ISP)
- P2P (legal or illegal)
- email (amounts and content)
- IM programs (since they can be "servers")

Shall I go on?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11704863 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:03:21 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11703484 anon : That terms of service was taken out of context. I don't think that's what it really meant.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11703484 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:39:03 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11701969 scooter2479 : From part of mediacoms TOS:

The Service is available and delivered only through the cable television transmission facilities operated in Customer’s Mediacom Cable System. Subject to applicable law, Mediacom reserves the right to determine and change, on an ongoing basis, the features, functionalities, components, specifications, prices, eligibility requirements, restrictions and all other aspects of and terms and conditions applicable to the Service or any version of the Service, as well as the nature and extent of the facilities and resources allocated to support the Service, including by instituting or changing speed or imposing or changing restrictions on authorized users or uses or limits on number and storage capacity of e-mail accounts, Webspace maximums or bandwidth usage. All of these may vary among different Mediacom cable systems or among different locations within any Mediacom cable system. The Service and the Internet utilize shared network facilities and not all facilities are owned or operated by Mediacom. Mediacom does not guarantee or warrant speed, latency, bandwidth, access to particular content or Internet sites or compatibility of the Service with any Customer’s or User’s computers, equipment, operating systems or software.
Authorized Users and Uses

The Service shall not be used by Customer or any other User in any way that violates any law or regulation, subjects Mediacom or any of its suppliers, contractors, agents or affiliates to liability or violates any policy, terms or conditions applicable to the Service, including Our Acceptable Use Policy and any Website terms and conditions referred to in this Agreement.

Customer and each User agree that those actions may include immediate suspension or termination of the Service or use of usernames, passwords, IP or e-mail addresses or URLs, or removal of or restriction of access to content or material that Customer or other Users make available that we believe to be obscene, indecent, offensive, libelous, slanderous or defamatory or in violation of any law, any third party’s copyright or privacy, publicity, trademark or other right or any of the policies, terms and conditions applicable to the Service. We may take those actions WITHOUT notice to Customer or any other User.

Subject to applicable law, We may also, at any time and periodically, without prior notice:

· Change, add to or remove portions of the Service (including content, features, functionality, hours of availability and equipment requirements); and
· Institute and change the features and functionality of the Service and limits and restrictions that affect features and functionality (including changes in upstream or downstream speed, limits on number and storage capacity of e-mail accounts, changes in Web hosting maximums, blocking of access to certain Websites, limits on downloads, institution or changes of traffic prioritization or protocol filtering measures).

Packages, services, features, functions, specifications, prices and other aspects of Mediacom’s services are subject to change or discontinuance at any time and from time to time without notice or consent, except as otherwise limited or required by applicable law or by a subscriber’s Customer and User Agreement. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11701969 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 12:41:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11701576 moonpuppy : And so it begins. A port closure here, an application stopped there.

Soon, you will have to pay more (if you can) for services we take for granted now. As the ISP's get larger and the choices get fewer, we will not have the choice so many here crave. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,11701576 Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:50:57 EDT