new Rogers terms of service

[Zbigniew Koziol]

On Tuesday 30 January 2007 17:31, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:

>     14.  You may not use the Services for anything other than your own
>     personal use. You may not resell the Services, receive any charge or
>     benefit for the use of the Services or provide internet access or any
>     other feature of the Services to any third party.  You may not share
>     or transfer your Services without our express consent.
>
> a. the internet is about sharing.  Is a web server sharing my Service
> when it sends a message to me??
>
> b. does that mean that the rest of my household (family) cannot use the
> internet?

They probably mean sharing the bandwidth. But who knows...

> Summary: I think that this is overreaching.
>
>
>     19.  ... We may also access or preserve content or information to
>     comply with legal process in Canada or foreign jurisdictions, ...
>
> Notice the word "foreign".  This is inappropriate and unacceptible.

Absolutely, this is not only "inappropriate" but unacceptable.  Is it legal at 
all to surrender Canadians rights ? This point sounds sick entirely and I 
would not be surprised if it is illegal.

>     51. [WRT Television Services] Only one television or FM receiver may be
>     attached to any outlet. ...
>
> Does this prohibit VCRs, PVRs, etc?

I do not know ;) I decided to not use these large devil companies long ago. 
Well... right now I do use... temporarily, in some limited way... 

>     52. You may use the Equipment only at the service address identified
>     on your account.
>
> Surely only if Rogers owns the Equipment!

;)

zb.
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