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"I am surprised that ISPs haven’t started cracking down on WfH", "Public uproar would be immense." You listed the reason why yourself, you shouldn't be surpris
by lostcolony 5y ago
"I am surprised that ISPs haven’t started cracking down on WfH", "Public uproar would be immense."
You listed the reason why yourself, you shouldn't be surprised. Maybe -after- the pandemic, when WfH people can be painted as "tech elite" or something, but not while everyone wants to WfH and it's a mixed bag who can.
- xattt 5y agoI do recognize the cognitive dissonance of my statement. I am just surprised at the restraint that ISPs have shown.
- EmilioMartinez 5y agoIt really sounds like a waste of time and money though. What judge would ever side with them? I would fire a lawyer that even proposes that seriously
- pbhjpbhj 5y agoJudges implement the law though, so if the contract says "no business use" and this was made clear at the time of purchase -- eg by having business level accounts -- then what can the judge do? It's for the legislators to legislate, not the judges (under English law (UK), common law and equity aside). Actual, I might be wrong here with how contact law is handled ... anyone? A related consideration: when we moved into our terraced house the land was under leasehold and the lease specified 'no business use'. We bought the freehold some time back, but I've often wondered what my position might otherwise have been. Presumably breech of the lease conditions would be a tort against the landlord and so I'd have been fine as long as they didn't sue.
- EmilioMartinez 5y agoI meant specifically in the context of a pandemic when working from home is state mandated in many parts of the world. Arguably even constitutions have been bent.
- int_19h 5y agoIn the current climate, it would only invite government scrutiny and regulation. Which, once it is in place, is unlikely to go away even if COVID does.