"Steven Lichter" <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> wrote in message news:eXtAk.587$D32.0@flpi146.ffdc.sbc.com...
Bill Garber wrote:"Greg Buchner" <null@none.invalid> wrote in message null-59E463.07251418092008@newsgroups.comcast.net">news:null-59E463.07251418092008@newsgroups.comcast.net...In article <6b62270b-b0f2-4069-a50b-6fef80dafb67@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com>,willy46pa <garberstreet@gmail.com> wrote:On Sep 17, 8:23 am, Greg Buchner <n...@none.invalid> wrote: > In article <XP_zk.616$Ws1...@nlpi064.nbdc.sbc.com>, > Steven Lichter <diespamm...@ikillspammers.com> wrote: > > > Greg Buchner wrote:> > > Comcast (hereafter referred to as Com$haft) is dropping all newsgroup> > > access as of 10/25/2008. > > > > New customers who sign up now will not be able to access it all. > > > > You can still do a 3rd party news server. > > > >http://www.comcast.net/newsgroups/ >> > > Figured I'd post this being that I know there's some people who use> > > Com$haft. > > > > Greg >> > They are going to reduce the monthly fee, or are they going to raise it> > because they are giving you less service? They also charge extra if > > you D/L to right? > > Being that Com$haft is a typical cable company, I'd figure on them > raising rates. They never go down, just up, even when you get less. > > And I imagine they'd like to charge extra if you download. > > Greg When you say download, I assume you mean conspicuous download, because, all the Internet is, is downloading, with an occassional upload in between.No, I assume they'd like to charge for all downloads. Sort of like my electric bill. I pay some base fees/charges, then everything else is billed via how much I use.It probably won't happen, but I'm sure they'd like that. GregI am sure, too, but it would cause them more problems than it's worth trying to legally prove how much we actually 'did' download each month. Unlike electric, which uses a meter to show our actual usage. ;-) Sure it does. 8=O Bill Garber from GS-Electronicshttp://www.garberstreet.com"If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered." (Edgar Allen Poe)It is very simple to tell your usage, the system records any usage when you are logged onto the server, just like a meter on your other utilities i, much like your minutes on yout phone.--The Only Good Spammer is a Dead one!! Have you hunted one down today? (c) 2008 I Kill Spammers, Inc. A Rot In Hell Co.
Oh great!, and they would probably measure it by megabyte, so, one byte over a full megabyte and they charge you for the next full megabyte. :-(
Bill Garber from GS-Electronics http://www.garberstreet.com"If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered." (Edgar Allen Poe)