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Running a server from one's home violates the terms of service of many ISPs, unless you upgrade to their significantly more expensive business plan.
by Mediterraneo10 7y ago
Running a server from one's home violates the terms of service of many ISPs, unless you upgrade to their significantly more expensive business plan.
- JohnFen 7y agoYes, this is something that the user would have to check out. My ISP is Comcast (a regular consumer account, not business). My contract specifically says that I am allowed to run servers from my home, as long as they aren't intended to be used by the general public. I've been running my own servers from home for a very, very long time and it has never been an issue. Running a social media node would probably count as "intended for the general public", but I'd bet that Comcast wouldn't really notice or care unless the amount of traffic exceeds a certain level or they start getting abuse complaints.