Karl A. Krueger (kkrueger@whoi.edu) [050206 16:20]:
Most ISPs do have acceptable-use policies that specifically exclude breaking the stated rules on other sites. BT states that users "must not gain or attempt to gain unauthorised access to any computer systems for any purpose" [1] -- which would seem to include setting up sock- puppet accounts to gain access to Wikipedia editing after being banned.
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[2] Some ISPs -do- apparently allow privileged customers to spam with impunity. http://www.spamhaus.org/news.lasso?article=158
This sort of thing is what I mean by the difference between the TOS that is written and the TOS that is acted upon. Read http://www.btopenwoe.co.uk/read_woe.asp?id=879 and tell me BT have a clue.
- d.