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Operator Acceptable Use
Policy
Your local Time Warner Cable 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:
- 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.
- 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.
- The ISP Service
may not be used in a manner that interferes with Operator's efficient
operation of its facilities, the provision of services or the
ability of others to utilize the ISP Service in a reasonable manner.
Operator may use various tools and techniques in order to efficiently
manage its networks and to ensure compliance with this Acceptable
Use Policy (“Network Management Tools”). These may include
detecting malicious traffic patterns and preventing the distribution
of viruses or other malicious code, and managing network resources
through techniques such as limiting the number of peer-to-peer
sessions a user can conduct at the same time, limiting the aggregate
bandwidth available for certain usage protocols such as peer-to-peer
and newsgroups, and such other Network Management Tools as Operator
may from time to time determine appropriate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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