Could Your Phone Service Cancel Your Service For Uploading An Image?

Have you ever gone through your phone companies Terms of Service, or Legal Notices? I would suggest you at least skim it because you may find some info you never knew existed! I went through my phone companys Legal Notices today and this is what I found
First things first, my phone company states that "EVDO & 1X data sessions may be used with wireless devices for the following purposes: (1) Internet browsing; (2) e-mail; & (3) intranet access" Ok, interesting enough, this mentions nothing about 3G, so I'm wondering how old this is. As I skimmed through a little farther, Something caught my eye, ". Prohibited uses include, but are not limited to, using services: (1) with server devices or with host computer applications, including, without limitation, Web camera posts or broadcasts, continuous JPEG file transfers, automatic data feeds, telemetry applications, automated functions or any other peer-to-peer applications" Wow, did I read that right? Web camera posts? So your phone can be shut off, for posting a picture somewhere on the internet? Automated functions? So you cant use that Google+ app you just installed that uploads your images to their database? So your probably thinking, this is ridiculous! Now get this. It gets worse. "Using the services for any activity that adversely affects the ability of other people or systems to use either the services or other parties' Internet-based resources" So this basically means that you cannot use your phone if it will slow down the network, (Note that every time you look at a website with your phone, you slow down the network in some way.)

Conclusion: Phone companies can deactivate your phone just for uploading an image, using twitter, Google Voice, or even visiting your favorite website. In all my days, I have never seen a more anal retentive contract. This is almost sickening how strict this is, and I honestly think that the fact that you could get shut down for even updating your android phone (I would like to note though, that I have never received an update over the air on my phone, but they suddenly mention that they updated it when I brought my phone into the dealer.) is completely out of line.


Refrences:
http://www.alltelwireless.com/misc/legal-notices.html