said by quatrix :

Even if "commercial use" didn't include VPN, VPN would be "an end-point on a non-Comcast local area network or wide area network".

said by RideRed :

More glad every day Comcast sold our local cable system to TW.

said by hobgoblin :

Its clearly not true.....

said by back on topic :

Guys lets get this back on topic. Comcast wont shut down vpn, they don't care or monitor vpn usage. Everyone here getting worked up thinking comcast will come knocking on their door cause the use vpn has missed the point. And is getting worked up over nothing.

What we have is the classic bandwidth case.

said by Authority :

If it's about bandwidth and not VPN one has to wonder why their TOS even mentions VPN at all? Wouldn't it be easier for them just to limit overall bandwidth regardless of application?

said by seederjed :

When I went through this a few years ago, letters, phone calls, etc., I tried to get the business service. However, it was run off the same node(?) as the residential lines, thus subject to the same arbitrary bandwidth limits. Only difference was I would of had the privilege of paying more.
Like I said it's been a few years and things may of changed, but I really doubt it.

I now have a 1.5/896 line from Qwest, and abuse it day and night with nary a peep in 2 years.

said by deblin :

And I'm sorry, but that doesn't sound like a connection TO a VPN violates the AUP. It sounds like you can allow people to VPN _to_ you. Not vice versa. Show me proof that VPN'ing to work from a residential line is a violation of the TOS, then maybe I'll believe it. It doesn't make sense, and if it IS true (which I'm beginning to doubt), it's the most absurd policy I've heard in a while.

said by NetFixer :



As has already been posted by quatrix , the Comcast TOS for it's residential HSI service does indeed contain a prohibition against using VPN for commercial purposes. The link posted was not directly to the Acceptable Use Policy, so perhaps that confused some readers. Here is the direct link to the Acceptable Use Policy.

And here, is the relevant section of that policy for the hyperlink impaired:

said by Comcast High-Speed Internet Acceptable Use Policy :

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Prohibited Uses and Activities

Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using the Service, Customer Equipment, or the Comcast Equipment to:

ix. resell the Service or otherwise make available to anyone outside the Premises the ability to use the Service (i.e. wi-fi, or other methods of networking), in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, or on a bundled or unbundled basis. The Service is for personal and non-commercial use only and you agree not to use the Service for operation as an Internet service provider or for any business enterprise or purpose, or as an end-point on a non-Comcast local area network or wide area network;

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Whether or not Comcast routinely and actively enforces this prohibition might be debated, but the prohibition itself is clear enough to anyone with a reasonable understanding of the English language.