Sometime between March 9 and March 16, 2008, Comcast took down their
abuse policy and replaced it with a simple statement of how to report
abuse. Here, for reference, is the old policy:
Comcast Abuse Policy
The Comcast IP Network Abuse Department is responsible for supporting
and enforcing the policies set forth in the Comcast Acceptable Use
Policy ("AUP") and Comcast High-Speed Internet ("HSI") Service Customer
Agreement ("Customer Agreement"). The policies set forth in the AUP and
Customer Agreement have been put in place to protect the Comcast
Network and Comcast High-Speed Internet service customers from the
adverse impact that can result from intentional violations of the AUP
and/or Customer Agreement. If you believe you have been the victim of
activities which are in violation of the Comcast AUP or the Customer
Agreement, the Comcast Network Abuse Department will take appropriate
action to investigate and attempt to resolve the alleged violation.
If you feel that you have been a victim of Internet abuse which took
place in part or completely on the Comcast Network, please report the
incident to abuse@comcast.net. Make sure to include the date and
time of the incident, log files, spam examples or any other information
that may be useful to the investigation and verification of the
incident as well as your name and phone number or e-mail address so we
may contact you directly.
Listed below are typical types and examples of activities which are in
violation of the Comcast AUP and the Customer Agreement. If you are
unsure whether you have been the victim of Internet abuse, the
following examples may help in your determination. You may also refer
directly to the Comcast AUP and Subscriber Agreement
- Illegal Activities Any activity which violates local, state,
federal or international law. Examples include: Posting or
disseminating illegal material (such as child pornography or
obscene material) or using the Comcast Network to facilitate
pyramid or other illegal solicitation schemes.
- Security Attempting to gain unauthorized access to the Comcast
network, Comcast subscriber or a Comcast affiliated service
provider's network resources; attempting to disrupt network
services or services of external networks using the Comcast
High-Speed Internet service; attempting to gather third party
personal information without consent. Examples include: DoS
attacks, computer virus distribution or the transmission of any
other software or application that contains features harmful to the
Comcast network or Comcast's subscribers or any other network
service provider's subscribers.
- Inappropriate Content Distribution of content which is
inappropriate for its intended recipient. Examples include:
Distributing inappropriate content to minors and posting content
that Comcast deems offensive on personal Web space.
- Electronic Mail Any e-mail related infractions. Examples include:
Sending unsolicited bulk mail or 'spam'; sending e-mail that
contains threatening, abusive, illegal or libelous material.
- Instant Messaging Inappropriate use or misuse of instant messaging
applications on the Comcast network. Examples include: Sending
instant messages that contain threatening, abusive, illegal or
libelous material.
- Web Space Inappropriate use or misuse of personal Web space
provided by Comcast or Comcast affiliates. Posting illegal or
inappropriate material such as child pornography or material that
violates the privacy rights or property rights of others.
- Bandwidth, Data Storage and Other limitations Use of the Comcast
network infrastructure in a manner that (i) exceeds the then
current bandwidth, data storage or other limitations on the Comcast
High-Speed Internet service or (ii) puts an excessive burden on the
limitations of the network. Examples include: Using the Comcast
network to run a Web-hosting server or any other commercial
enterprise.