However, the fact that a customer doesn't behave according to the ISP's
assumptions does not inherently mean that the customer is stealing service -
unless the customer has contractually agreed to limit the use of his
internet service.
Have you looked at any of these ISP's contracts? Just accessing
common web-based consumer applications on a single host violates
their letter!
right. and when such a contract forbids obvious and necessary uses of
the 'net, it's pretty hard to take the rest of the contract seriously.
Keith