>If the ISP could add a paragraph to their T&C's, then monitor the speed... They did, but the overhead at the time was high. And they generally didn't peruse u

>If the ISP could add a paragraph to their T&C's, then monitor the speed... They did, but the overhead at the time was high. And they generally didn't peruse unless you were causing trouble....or slipped up on OPSEC. Cable ISP network security back in the day was horrid. SNMP string would get leaked. With that you could snmpwalk the entire node you were on. It was amusing.