Insight Broadband: No Servers On Residential Plans
Got word yesterday from Insight Broadband, which services many computer users in the Louisville region, that home-based servers are not permitted on their network. Although Insight’s terms and conditions state it is a violation to use Insight-provided services to “run programs or servers from the Premises that provide network content or any other services to others,” I was not doing so. At least, I wasn’t by my definition of “to others.”
My understanding was that, since I was not providing my server’s services to others and had in fact well secured my Windows Small Business Server, which was available only to myself, such action was permissible. Insight not so politely explained it wasn’t.
It would have been nice to receive an email or telephone message to that effect. Instead, Insight simply terminated my service. So, beware. If you’re hosting LAN-based games, XBox or Wii-based Internet games or other such services, technically you, too, are in violation, at least by the definition used to suspend my service. Just a heads up.
February 11th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
This kind of thing is what frustrates me about local broadband ISP monopolies….it isn’t like we have other options. Hopefully Google will solve this problem soon with their $30B investment in an ISP venture.