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Your local Bright House Networks
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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The ISP Service may not be used to engage in any conduct that interferes
with Operator’s ability to provide service to others, including the
use of excessive bandwidth.
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The ISP Service may not be used to breach or attempt to breach the security,
the computer, the software or the data of any person or entity, including
Operator, to circumvent the user authentication features or security
of any host, network or account, to use or distribute tools designed
to compromise security, or to interfere with another’s use of the ISP
Service through the posting or transmitting of a virus or other harmful
item to deliberately overload or flood that entity’s system.
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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.
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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 upload, post, transmit or otherwise
make available any materials or content that violate or infringe on
the rights or dignity of others. These include, but are not limited
to, materials infringing or compromising intellectual property rights
or the ability to maintain trade secrets and other personal information
as private; the ability to avoid hate speech; threats of physical violence;
harassing conduct; sexually oriented material that is offensive or inappropriate;
and unsolicited bulk e-mail.
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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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You may not engage in any of the above activities using the service
of another ISP, while channeling such activities through your ISP Service
account or using this account as a mail drop for responses.
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