I do not care if it is permanent or not. I do not want to pay a company that has any intent at censorship.
Roadrunner's new terms of service say no illegal gambling.
If they do indeed block most gaming sites, they will lose BILLIONS. I don't know one gambler who will not change companies.
Sean
Roadrunner's new terms of service say no illegal gambling.
If they do indeed block most gaming sites, they will lose BILLIONS. I don't know one gambler who will not change companies.
Sean
Your local Time Warner Cable affiliated cable operator ("Operator") seeks to create and foster an on-line community that can be used and enjoyed by all its cable modem customers across all ISPs offered by Operator. To further that goal, Operator has developed an Acceptable Use Policy. Although much of what is included here is common sense, Operator takes these issues very seriously and will enforce its rules to ensure enjoyment by all of its members. Operator reserves the right to suspend or cancel a subscriber's account for engaging in inappropriate conduct. (Subscribers, of course, also remain legally responsible for any such acts.) In using the services of any ISP as provided over Operator’s cable network (the "ISP Service"), subscribers accept this non-exhaustive list of restrictions as well as those set forth in Operator’s Cable Modem Subscription Agreement and agree to use the ISP Service only for lawful purposes and not to use or allow others to use the ISP Service in violation of the following guidelines:
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- Unless you have specifically subscribed for commercial grade service, the ISP Service is provided to you for personal, non-commercial use only. The service cannot be used for any enterprise purpose whatsoever whether or not the enterprise is directed toward making a profit. If it is your intention to use this service for these purposes, please contact Operator to inquire whether commercial grade service programs are available.
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- In using the ISP Service, you may not use an IP address or client ID not assigned to you, forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in an e-mail or newsgroup posting or probe, scan or test the vulnerability of any system or network by the use of sniffers, SNMP tools or any other method.
- The ISP Service may not be used to post or transmit content that violates child pornography statutes or contains graphic visual depictions of sexual acts or sexually explicit conduct involving children, or other depictions of children, the primary appeal of which is prurient.
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- The ISP Service may not be used to engage in or foster any consumer fraud such as illegal gambling, “Make Money Fast” schemes, chain letters, Pyramid, or other investment schemes, or to make or encourage people to accept fraudulent offers by e-mail, USENET or other means, of products, items or services, originating from your account, or through a third party which implicates your account or to post or transmit off-topic or commercial messages on bulletin boards.
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Buzzsaw said:
It's retarded(and most likely written by someone who actually passed the bar, which is a little scary).
Consumer fraud? I'd love to hear the story behind that conclusion. I pay juice on wagers & I pay a commission on stock trades. What's the difference besides the gov't getting a cut of it?
I have earthlink DSL in Miami, but am home visiting parents who use roadrunner. Earthlink has never blocked anything and I've had them for free for about 10 years. A good friend of mine who was 15 when he got to MIT was one of the 3 founders at 16. Unfortunately, he committed suicide 5 years ago. Complete waste of brilliance.
Sean
Sean
The sites are back up now, but since I could dial in, they were clearly blocked. This combined with the new gambling terms makes me think Roadrunner took a small sample and blocked to see how consumers would react. If you block 10,000 people and see how many cancel you have a clue when you discuss blocking millions of people...
