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FFH5
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join:2002-03-03
Tavistock NJ

FFH5

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Running servers is prohibited - what doesn't he understand?

Running servers is prohibited by the TOS. What about that is hard to understand? The fact that Verizon doesn't boot every user running a server( which for most people is little or no extra traffic) isn't a defense.
serge87
join:2009-11-29
New York

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said by FFH5:

Running servers is prohibited by the TOS. What about that is hard to understand? The fact that Verizon doesn't boot every user running a server( which for most people is little or no extra traffic) isn't a defense.

You've failed to get the point, since he says he moved to FIOS business which does allow servers...it's all about bandwidth.
dra6o0n
join:2011-08-15
Mississauga, ON

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dra6o0n

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It seems like he used WAN to stream video back to his 'family' though, which means instead of being done so in a LAN environment, he is using a internet connection from one location and pretty much streaming it to other places on the net.

EDIT: Do you really think a family can watch 77TB worth of videos in a month? 1 movie is about 1-2GB max. Even if they are high definition movies it'd cap at 3-5GB. I suspect this guy of running a porn streaming site if he ever go to that extremes. LOL!

In a way, he might not have a legit business and could be infringing copyrights, as many who buy large capacity or unlimited internet may do. Online video streaming from one's web site is more common than having videos posted at Youtube or streamed onto a platform like livestream, as it grants more control and more visitors to them, allowing them to possible do business with that.

Gamers and Netflix users, would use up to an average of 100GB a month. I'm talking about someone who already has something that keeps em occupied, and isn't downloading new content. It can triple to a 300GB a month if they have families that has a tendency to download content, for the sake of 'downloading', not for the content.

But uploaders who constantly need to upload content to platforms or elsewhere, would exceed that amount and may attain 300~1000GB a month. Legitimate businesses like digital photos in high resolutions can see that much use. Use of 10TB and over is much less common, only businesses would see use of these levels. So unless illegitimate reasons exists, unless it's a botnet controlling the masses of computer connected networks, those usage wouldn't soar to that extremes as common as it should (at over 30TB a month).

anon1
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while i agree that companies shouldn't be allowed to use the word "unlimited" in promoting a service that is in fact limited, in this case it seems everyone has missed the point. Isn't it clear this guy was (illegally) selling access to a massive media library? Essentially running an illegal IPTV service built on FIOS.
ComcastTech
join:2008-05-31

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Everyone gets the point that unlimited isn't unlimited. The whole thing is stupid anyhow, why the hell would you stream video to "family" in the first place. If its TV, he doesn't own it. So dumb that he would argue anything.
EnerJi
join:2011-02-19
Pacific NW

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Does FIOS small business allow unlimited bandwidth usage? I bet if you checked the terms and conditions and acceptable use policies you would find no mention of that.

Consumer-grade and small-business-grade connections are designed with a certain level of oversubscription and do not guarantee a certain amount of bandwidth will be available.

A business that requires a certain amount of bandwidth is free to purchase business-class service with guaranteed bandwidth which they can freely use every minute of every month, for a price.