By agreeing to the subscriber agreement, you also automatically agree to a separate Acceptable Use Policy — a lengthy document governing permitted and prohibited online activities — even though it is not printed in your service agreement and can be changed at any time.
Consumers are bound by the AUP's restrictions on internet usage — including bandwidth usage, prohibition on running servers, and network security requirements — without necessarily having reviewed those terms, and violation can result in service termination without prior notice.
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Compare across platforms →You are legally bound by the terms of a document you may never have read, and violations of that separate policy (including how you use your home internet connection) can result in immediate service termination.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: Incorporation by reference of external policies implicates FTC Act Section 5 standards for clear and conspicuous disclosure, particularly where the incorporated document is material to the consumer relationship. The FTC's 2023 guidance on deceptive design patterns addresses the adequacy of notice for terms buried in hyperlinked external documents. State contract law in California and other jurisdictions may require that incorporated documents be made reasonably available to consumers to be enforceable. The AUP's data caps and network management provisions may engage FCC open internet/network neutrality obligations. (2)
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