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Re: Notice to Comcast users!
On 9/18/08 3:52 PM, in article _dWdnTR2mt7ELE_VnZ2dnUVZ_oninZ2d@comcast.com,
"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> "Steven Lichter" <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> wrote
> in message news:D3wAk.631$be.281@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
>>>
>> I have all pop ups blocked with the exception of a few sites that are
>> needed for things like my online banking, Firefox does a very good job.
>
> Well, that's good Steven. ;-) But, I believe we are
> talking about file downloads, aren't we Greg? ;-)
>
Like someone else stated, on the web, everything is a download. You send
simple requests and get blasted with html, javascript, images, etc.
Not sure at what granularity ISPs can monitor. A small one I worked for 4
years ago could only monitor "usage", meaning how many bytes transferred.