Hi folks,
Been lurking for months after saying hi. <g>
Anyway, I'm not a lawyer, but I do have over 20 years experience as a
paralegal. Tort is not my bag, but I suspect that any decent lawyer
would want to take this on as a class action suit. To wit: A suit on
behalf of those like yourself (and myself, who also uses Cox and has a
small peer-to-peer behind the firewall).
While preventing networks from connecting is common and legal, most
companies are UP FRONT about there intra-net policies. It's Cox's covert
attitude that might make them vulnerable.
Frankly, I get annoyed by these huge companies that want $80+/month to
allow a family to network it's home computers over a high-speed connect.
I have a friend up north (who works for Micro$soft -- <bleck!!!>) whose
paying more than that so that he, his wife, and his daughter can all get
out through the one high-speed connect. And he had to sift through six
different providers to find one that cheap! For awhile he thought he was
going to have to go back to DSL with all it's ups and downs (pun
intended).
And no, I don't know any good lawyers up here capable of taking Cox on
and winning. The best for that kind of thing are down in the Bay Area.
Cheers!