Interesting almost-free ISP: Access-4-Free.com

[DCT Jared]

On Wed, 25 Feb 2004 09:27:48 -0600, Brian Densmore wrote:
>This has got to be illegal on the part of
>TWC. If I have a local LAN in my home and I want
>to share my LAN with other people TWC has no rights
>to equipment I own. I rent a certain bandwidth from
>the cable company and as long as I don't go over that usage
>they have no legal leg to stand on. Of course I don't
>have TWC and don't know what is in the contract, but
>putting something in a contract doesn't make it enforcable.

Actually, since that is the whole point of putting something
in a contract, it does. IANAL, but I do know that one.

Contracts are bizarre; once you sign it, of your own free will,
you are bound to its terms, no matter WHAT it says. That's
why you read the fine print, and do not sign until the contract
is written according to _your_ understanding of the agreement.

Contract law is awesome. People could topple the government 
simply by pressing their rights under contract law more firmly. 
No one does it though, because it takes a lot of work and 
several years of dedicated effort.

Of course, there are laws that prevent people from contracting
with intent to harm others, but that is not what is being 
discussed here.

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By the way, it was never determined WHY Leo's friend got
booted from TWC. I assumed it was because he didn't pay
his bill. You assumed it was because he was sharing his
network. What is the truth, Leo?

-Jared