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I'm not sure about any lying, and it sounds like you already know the answer to your own question. If you think you are running a server/service that violates their TOS for a personal account, then buy a business account, or don't, and worry about getting a C&D letter. You are never going to get a technical iteration of everything that constitutes a "server" from any ISP.



> If you think you are running a server/service that violates their TOS for a personal account

That's the problem. I have no clue whatsoever if it would violate their TOS. The TOS is so vague as to be meaningless when it comes to figuring out if a noncommercial use is banned or not.

Whether a rule is vague is not binary. They can leave themselves some wiggle room while still providing rules that can be understood.


...But it is being defined. Right here:

Your Google Fiber account is for your use and the reasonable use of your guests. Unless you have a written agreement with Google Fiber permitting you do so, you should not host any type of server using your Google Fiber connection, use your Google Fiber account to provide a large number of people with Internet access, or use your Google Fiber account to provide commercial services to third parties (including, but not limited to, selling Internet access to third parties).

If that isn't good enough for you I guess either buy business class and be happy you are in compliance, or don't.


No, it's not being defined.

>Your Google Fiber account is for your use and the reasonable use of your guests. Unless you have a written agreement with Google Fiber permitting you do so, you should not

Okay, introduction.

>host any type of server using your Google Fiber connection,

Server is not defined. It says 'any type' but this is blatantly incorrect, as the FAQ says you are permitted game servers, videoconferencing serving, etc.

>use your Google Fiber account to provide a large number of people with Internet access,

Okay no subleasing, that's reasonable and clear.

> or use your Google Fiber account to provide commercial services to third parties (including, but not limited to, selling Internet access to third parties).

That all falls under commercial, fine.

Note that nowhere does it actually explain what I can and can't do non-commercially. It only says a single thing is banned, 'server', but server is somewhere between not-defined and incorrectly-defined.

The commercial restrictions are clear. The restriction against using the household internet on more than a household or so is clear. The restrictions on what you can do non-commercially are insultingly vague.




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