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I just read the TOS of my provider, and servers aren't banned anywhere. Reselling is prohibited, any kind of "professional use" is prohibited, but they don't s

by Wilya 13y ago

I just read the TOS of my provider, and servers aren't banned anywhere. Reselling is prohibited, any kind of "professional use" is prohibited, but they don't say anything about servers. Besides, the reason nobody hosts servers on personal connections is that the upload speed is terrible, not any sort of legal/contractual thing.

smtddr 13y ago
I think running home-servers falls under "professional use", but if I'm wrong please correct me.
- kevingadd 13y ago
  The OP itself points out non-professional uses of home servers (Minecraft)...
  - wmf 13y ago
    In general, ISPs don't mind non-professional servers; they're really banning commercial hosting.
    - rosser 13y ago
      [citation needed]
      - wmf 13y ago
        The millions of people who have been kicked off their ISPs for gaming, using Skype, running a little server, etc. Oh wait, that didn't happen.
    - md224 13y ago
      Yep, and in this case Google is "really" banning all servers for non-business accounts, according to the original article.
- stonemetal 13y ago
  If I run an email server for my family, or a web server to host my personal blog what is "professional use" about that?