RoadRunner nonsense

[Arthur Pemberton]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Kyle Sexton <ks at mocker.org> wrote:
> James Sissel <jimsissel at yahoo.com> writes:
>
>  > A lease is created when a property owner (the offeror) makes an offer to another party (the
>  > offeree), and the offeree accepts the offer. The offer must authorize the offeree to possess and
>  > use property owned by the offeror for a certain period of time without gaining ownership.  So,
>  > getting my IP address, assuming it is not static, means I get to possess and use the
>  > "property".  This does not mean the "landlord" can open/alter/block/steal my mail.  You seem to
>  > be confusing the IP address with the Internet traffic.
>  >
>  > But what if I have a static IP address?
>  >
>  > Another example, suppose I hire a trucking company to move some boxes from my house to yours.
>  > Does that give the trucking company the right to open the boxes, take stuff out, put other stuff
>  > in, or just not deliver the boxes because they are "just too busy"?
>  >
>  From http://help.twcable.com/html/twc_misp_aup.html
>
>  "The ISP Service may not be used in a manner that interferes with
>  Operator's efficient operation of its facilities, the provision of
>  services or the ability of others to utilize the ISP Service in a
>  reasonable manner. Operator may use various tools and techniques in
>  order to efficiently manage its networks and to ensure compliance with
>  this Acceptable Use Policy ("Network Management Tools").  These may
>  include detecting malicious traffic patterns and preventing the
>  distribution of viruses or other malicious code, limiting the number of
>  peer-to-peer sessions a user can conduct at the same time, limiting the
>  aggregate bandwidth available for certain usage protocols such as
>  peer-to-peer and newsgroups and such other Network Management Tools as
>  Operator may from time to time determine appropriate."

When one purchases/.leases/whatever an internet connection, you are
promised x amount of download bandwidth and y amount of upload of
bandwidth. Regardless of if i'm watching donkey shows, uploading child
porn, hacking the CIA or organizing a hit on someone, once I am within
my alloted bandwidth, my connections should be left alone. Unless I am
cracking their systems to go beyond my alloted bandwidth, nothing
should be done to shape it.

>  So in this case your landlord could check your mail to make sure that you
>  aren't a terrorist.  And the movers could open your boxes to ensure you
>  weren't moving bombs[1].

And they should fully expect to lose their head by tripping a wire doing so.

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