AT&T Terms of Service: “don’t diss us or else”

By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews

Have you taken a look at AT&T’s Terms of Service for High-Speed Internet (HSI) lately? Some changes they’ve made are downright draconian. In the section labeled “5.1 Suspension/Termination,” AT&T says the normal stuff about lack of payment and so forth. But clause (c) says they can terminate your service for conduct that AT&T believes:

(c) tends to damage the name or reputation of AT&T, or its parents, affiliates and subsidiaries. Source: AT&T Terms of Service

We Say: So basically if I had AT&T service, I couldn’t write this blog entry because it’s critical of them. Fortunately I have Comcast HSI service. Of course, Comcast has that “limited unlimited” service clause which they refuse to detail.