The legal and regulatory basis carriers use to suspend residential broadband lines running PCDN: the “Notice of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Cleaning Up and Regulating the Internet Network Access Service Market” (MIIT Xin Guan Han [2017] No. 32).
When users run PCDN devices on non-commercial broadband, it constitutes the de facto act of “enterprises or individuals operating CDN business without qualifications,” violating the red line that “enterprises and individuals without the corresponding telecom business operating licenses shall not operate IDC, ISP, CDN, or similar businesses.” It also breaches the service agreement clause that “residential broadband must not be used for commercial purposes.” The PCDN hardware and software companies do hold CDN/IDC operating licenses — but only they may strike commercial agreements with carriers to purchase commercial bandwidth. Using residential broadband resources for PCDN uploads is explicitly not protected by law.