from the quill of James Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll
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> They prohibit (ab)use of the connection for running public servers.
Why is running a public server on bandwidth that I am paying for abuse?
> Running publicly accessable WWW or FTP sites IS abuse, IMO, and SHOULD
> be
> prohibited.
Why is it abuse? I am paying for bandwidth. How can you determine that
one use of it is use and another is abuse considering all uses only move
bits?
> Completely different situation.
Only in their definition of use and abuse. When visiting
www.playboy.com is determined to be abuse it won't be different. It's
all in what they decide is use and what is abuse.
> Airlines ALL do it,
They don't put rules in place to prevent you from flying when they do
oversubscribe and they compensate those who suffer due to it. (I can't
believe I am defending airlines -- I despise airlines).
> buffet restaurants do it;
They do? I don't think I was ever limited in how I ate at a buffet.
> ISPs all do it;
We are talking about ISPs here. You can't use something you are trying
to define in it's own definition.
> banks
> all do this with cash.
I have never been limited in any way from getting my cash out of the
bank either.
b.
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Brian J. Murrell
