Re: Verizon FIOS Terms of Service

Hmmm, if you read it that literally, then I guess connecting from your 
back deck that is outside your home or in a separate garage would be 
against their terms as well.

What if you connect the "devices" within your home to the broadband 
service, but people from outside of your home connect to YOUR devices, 
not directly to the Broadband modem or router?  That seems to fit into 
the letter of what they are asking :-)

Guess that's why there are so many damn lawyers in the world....

Eric

Jim Snow wrote:
> They seem to only want you to use FIOS within one household:
> 
> "3.7 If you subscribe to Broadband Service:  ...  3.7.2 You may connect 
> multiple computers/devices within a single home to your Broadband modem 
> and/or router to access the Service, but only through a single Broadband 
> account and a single IP address obtained from Verizon."
> 
> Though they word it in a way that tells us what we are allowed to do 
> (implying that anything else is forbidden), instead of explicitly 
> telling us what we're not allowed to do.  It sounds to me that they 
> aren't sharing friendly (which is a shame because I have FIOS and an 
> olsr node on my roof and I would like to connect the latter to the former).
> 
> FYI, I'm trying to build a mesh in the Aloha area.  See 
> http://bootlegether.net if you're interested.
> 
> -jim
> 
> Keith Lofstrom wrote:
>> I am currently on Comcast out here in Beaverton, and the Terms Of
>> Service prohibits rebroadcasting the service.  So, no PTP node.
>>
>> However, the Verizon contractor was in the back yard yesterday,
>> installing fiber for FIOS in our neighborhood.  If I am correctly
>> reading the (lengthy) TOS agreement on the Verizon site:
>>
>>    http://www.verizon.net/policies/popups/tos_popup.asp
>>
>> ... it appears that there is no explicit prohibition on putting up
>> a PTP node.  Any contrary opinions or experience?
>>
>> I'm not going to jump to a new service just to save $10/month, and
>> I don't need more download speed, and my outwards-facing server is
>> already offsite.  But the ability to run a PTP node off a modified
>> WRT54GS (which I have ready to install) is compelling.  Ideas?
>>
>> Keith
>>
>>   
> 

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