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11-05-2002, 07:03 PM
Dear ProLog Express Customer,
This critical system announcement applies only to customers who use such peer-to-peer file sharing applications as Kazaa, Gnutella, Morpheus and others.
In an effort to improve overall network performance and increase the quality of your ProLog Express Internet service, PenTeleData will not support and strongly discourages Internet customers from using peer-to-peer file sharing programs.
PenTeleData asks those customers using peer-to-peer file-sharing applications to disable uploads immediately. If this announcement pertains to you, please change your software configuration now.
Additionally, PenTeleData may soon implement filters to prevent ProLog Express customers from uploading files to peer-to-peer networks. ProLog Express users who download files from peer-to-peer networks will not lose their ability to download, but once the filters are in place, you will lose the ability to upload files to the peer-to-peer networks.
Why does PenTeleData prohibit ProLog Express Internet customers from uploading through file-sharing applications?
-Serving files from a residential account – whether FTP or file-sharing -- is a violation of the Acceptable Use Policy.
Please review the AUP at: http://www.ptd.net/POLICIES-RES.html
-Serving files via file-sharing applications congests your upstream Internet connection. Ultimately, this results in poorer download speeds for you during your period online.
-Serving others' copyrighted files via file-sharing applications, without the copyright holder's permission, is illegal. Daily, PenTeleData receives demands from copyright owners to terminate service to a user because that user offered copyrighted material to others without permission. Under our current policy, we notify the user of the alleged violation and give them a chance to delete the offending material. If the material is not removed, we are required to terminate the user's account.
-Serving files via peer-to-peer file-sharing applications encourage – and make it easy – for users from anywhere around the world to download files from your computer as long as it’s turned on, even if you aren’t using it, with or without your knowledge. This creates security concerns and further consumes Internet bandwidth and taxes PenTeleData’s network unnecessarily.
While PenTeleData cannot support the use of these apps, instructions on how to disable the uploading and serving capabilities of several popular peer-to-peer file-serving applications are linked below.
http://www.penteledata.net/DFSP/
PenTeleData cannot offer phone or e-mail support for these applications. If you have any questions regarding these instructions, or need instructions on how to disable programs not listed here, please refer to documentation associated with that application.
Thank you for your time and attention on this matter, and we appreciate your continued support.
Sincerely,
PenTeleData Management
This critical system announcement applies only to customers who use such peer-to-peer file sharing applications as Kazaa, Gnutella, Morpheus and others.
In an effort to improve overall network performance and increase the quality of your ProLog Express Internet service, PenTeleData will not support and strongly discourages Internet customers from using peer-to-peer file sharing programs.
PenTeleData asks those customers using peer-to-peer file-sharing applications to disable uploads immediately. If this announcement pertains to you, please change your software configuration now.
Additionally, PenTeleData may soon implement filters to prevent ProLog Express customers from uploading files to peer-to-peer networks. ProLog Express users who download files from peer-to-peer networks will not lose their ability to download, but once the filters are in place, you will lose the ability to upload files to the peer-to-peer networks.
Why does PenTeleData prohibit ProLog Express Internet customers from uploading through file-sharing applications?
-Serving files from a residential account – whether FTP or file-sharing -- is a violation of the Acceptable Use Policy.
Please review the AUP at: http://www.ptd.net/POLICIES-RES.html
-Serving files via file-sharing applications congests your upstream Internet connection. Ultimately, this results in poorer download speeds for you during your period online.
-Serving others' copyrighted files via file-sharing applications, without the copyright holder's permission, is illegal. Daily, PenTeleData receives demands from copyright owners to terminate service to a user because that user offered copyrighted material to others without permission. Under our current policy, we notify the user of the alleged violation and give them a chance to delete the offending material. If the material is not removed, we are required to terminate the user's account.
-Serving files via peer-to-peer file-sharing applications encourage – and make it easy – for users from anywhere around the world to download files from your computer as long as it’s turned on, even if you aren’t using it, with or without your knowledge. This creates security concerns and further consumes Internet bandwidth and taxes PenTeleData’s network unnecessarily.
While PenTeleData cannot support the use of these apps, instructions on how to disable the uploading and serving capabilities of several popular peer-to-peer file-serving applications are linked below.
http://www.penteledata.net/DFSP/
PenTeleData cannot offer phone or e-mail support for these applications. If you have any questions regarding these instructions, or need instructions on how to disable programs not listed here, please refer to documentation associated with that application.
Thank you for your time and attention on this matter, and we appreciate your continued support.
Sincerely,
PenTeleData Management