The author's problem is their access media. Get a [1g|10g|100g] [wave|dark fiber] to Lumen and all of those problems go away.

As for AUP violations, they have every right to complain if you are using THEIR IP's in a way they don't like. However, you would likely have to be a real and persistent problem to actually get cut off. If you use your own IP's/ASN like all the big networks listed in the article your risk of getting cut off for AUP violations is practically zero. You would have to be so notorious as to affect their reputation anyway.