Lawyer up?

[drunkpotato]

Note: I am not a lawyer and do not know how effective or legal this is, but if for some reason it becomes important I want a record of this.

[contact info redacted]
January 31, 2009

To:
Verizon Legal Department
Verizon Communications
140 West Street
New York, NY 10007

Comments

[rainingfordays]

Just talked to you on the phone for further clarity. Here's what I recommend:

I am writing to request that your legal team consider clarifying part of the terms of service for the Verizon FiOS internet service. I recently read through the paperwork because I am a new customer, and I noticed some of the language is too broad.

The following part of section 4.3, Restrictions on Use: "You also may not ... use the Service to host any type of server" is unclear. All devices connected to the internet function variously as both server and client. Put the Rovio and secure shell server examples here, explaining in clear terms what they are and what they do. Lawyers aren't techies, so keep the language simple.

[Here, write a paragraph expressing how the language should read.]

[End the letter with a line or two explaining that you understand that they want to avoid a commercial server on a residential line, but that the language can be clarified to avoid that and allow residential users to do some simple things on the Internet, ie Rovio."I am

[drunkpotato]

You are teh smartz. I followed your advice!