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That's not really what was sold though, and you know it.

HE didn't buy a dedicated line, or a business class line.

That's an excuse that gives corps way too much power. They say "unlimited", it is deceptive for them to pretend that word has any meaning other than its plain one.

If they want to have upload limits, they they can clearly advertise those.

It's exactly what he was sold: no-cap bandwidth on a reasonably continuous basis. That's not even close to the same thing as a dedicated business line or other specific service requirements an actual business would need.

Well, the ISP clearly wanted to sell the same bandwidth twice. I mean, when I see a sign "80 acre lot for sale" and buy it, I expect to get 80 acres, not the "reasonable" 0.80 acres. It's just the internet is still mostly wild west and brazen ISPs abuse this for their benefit.

He is not running a business, who is to say that making backups for personal use is somehow 'abusive' or 'non-residential'?

Who has 200TB of backups that isn't either illegal or of some commercial value?

How many shutterbug parents shoot in RAW? Who else has parents that have an extensive CD collection - mine certainly do, and I'd be happy to help them set up a backup of their ripped media, as well as my (and my siblings) photos.

Anyone who shots 4k60 video, most smartphones can do that.

No, the marketing is deceptive! They should add a fine print with the actual cap

It's really quite clear.

There is no firm cap. But they're not required to allow usage not consistent with a single residential customer, or effecting other users of the network.

> But they're not required to allow usage not consistent with a single residential customer, or effecting other users of the network.

That's not unlimited service. That's "limited service, except we won't tell you what the limit is until after you've already reached it".

> usage not consistent with a single residential customer

What do these words mean when the premise of this thread is that we're talking about a single residential customer? Is there a hidden meaning that I'm missing?

> or effecting other users of the network.

Isn't this a function of the quality of the network and completely out of the control of the customer?

wave your hands around some more and and clutch your pearls better I'm sure I'll understand your point eventually.

Nope, he bought an advertised product. Then he used it.

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