I've had adelphia "power link" for over a year now and their attitude seems to be if you're not a problem they'll happily take your money every month. Why would it be any different than that? Sure, they have policies that say "no servers" and or "modem sharing" or whatever, but, if your checks clear and your not a drain on their expenses then who really cares what the policies are? The policies aren't really all tha consistent anyway. For example, when I first signed up, the policy stated that only one computer could be connected to the cable modem yet on the web page there was a "Howto" like page that explained how to connect more than one computer using a home NAT box like the linksys, dlink etc.
I have suffered several major Power Link outages that have affected just my area or just my own home. These outages (which were not my fault) put a drain on Adelphia's resources as technicians drove around in trucks, made repairs the system, checked my drop's power levels, stood around scratching their heads, etc. There were no secrets, they were in my home and saw all the stuff hangiing off the linksys router (A gaggle of PCs, and an Sun Ultra1). Nobody really cared about what I was doing as long as I wasn't a problem. I suppose if I was an arrogant SOB while the troubleshooting was going on instead of trying to work with them then they might have said something, but, I held my tongue and all was cool.
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On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, at 5:40pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As for their ToS not allowing servers, well... you'd think if they really
cared ...
Terms Of Serivce are policy. Filters are enforcement. A current and/or previous lack of enforcement does not cancel policy. Just ask Iraq. :-)
Furthermore, if I were you, would not contact Adelphia about this. It could easily backfire. They might not know or care about your existing TOS violations, but complaining that you you are having trouble violating their Terms Of Service might be considered asking for punishment. :-)
Like I said the other week, "Don't ask, don't tell". If what you're doing doesn't bother them, they won't bother you. But if you start bothering them, the easiest option (for them) might be to turn you off.
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