On Tue, Aug 17, 1999 at 06:34:24PM +0100, Thomas Bridge wrote:
> > > The personal-use dialup account (which I've got)
> > > says that I can't, say, let someone else in my
> > > house use Hotmail by dialing up through my account.
> > > The contract says, in fact, that I would be liable
> > > for any loss of income on IOL's part due to this.
>> I'm really surprised if this is IOL policy - almost all domestic accounts
> are used by more than person, and it is generally accepted that that will
> happen. Normal fair usage policy covers all the people resident in a
> house and this seems only logical. What most ISPs will object to is you
> giving your logon details to everyone in your street. I'm sure Nick will
> enlighten us on IOL's policy though :)
From http://cgi-bin2.iol.ie/cgi-bin/agreeterms:
1.3 The User is and at all times shall be an end user of the Service and
the User shall not, and shall not permit any other party having access
to the Service through the User's connection to, resell or sub-licence
in exchange for payment the Service to any third party. The User shall
compensate Ireland On-Line for any lost profits arising from a breach of
this condition.
Kenn
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