[olug] Cox and port 25

William E. Kempf wekempf at cox.net
Mon Jun 30 15:16:50 UTC 2003


Bob McCoy said:
> To Nathan's point about running a valid business and work at home, Cox
> would probably maintain that you should be using Cox at Work and not
> Cox at Home.
>
>>From the acceptable use policy
> <http://support.cox.net/custsup/policies/acceptableuse.shtml#aup>:
> Commercial Use.  The Service is designed for personal use of the
> Internet and may not be used for commercial purposes.  You may not
> resell or otherwise charge others to use the residential Service.  You
> agree not to use the Service for operation as an Internet service
> provider, or for any other business enterprise, including, without
> limitation, IP address translation, or similar facilities intended to
> provide additional access.
>
> I'm not saying it's right.  I'm just saying that you wouldn't get a lot
> of sympathy from Cox for your argument.

I may be mistaken, but I don't think what he was discussing would be
considered a violation as per the quote above.  The Cox account is only
being used as a client to connect with and use servers hosted by a
legitimate business.

-- 
William E. Kempf




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