Re: Notice to Comcast users!

[Greg Buchner <null@none.invalid>]

In article <_dWdnTR2mt7ELE_VnZ2dnUVZ_oninZ2d@comcast.com>,
 "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:

> "Steven Lichter" <diespammers@ikillspammers.com> wrote 
> in message news:D3wAk.631$be.281@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
> > winston19842005 wrote:
> >> On 9/18/08 12:47 PM, in article
> >> 4tGdnRzD8cdoGE_VnZ2dnUVZ_vjinZ2d@comcast.com, "Bill Garber"
> >> <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
> >> 
> >>>>> I am sure, too, but it would cause them more problems than it's worth
> >>>>> trying to legally prove how much we actually 'did' download each month.
> >>>>> Unlike electric, which uses a meter to show our actual usage.  ;-)
> >>>>> Sure it does.  8=O
> >>>>
> >>>> It is very simple to tell your usage, the system records any usage when
> >>>> you are logged onto the server, just like a meter on your other
> >>>> utilities i, much like your minutes on yout phone.
> >>>>
> >> Hmm - this could get really nasty!
> >> 
> >> For example, is it your fault if your carrier starts to give some
> >> disreputable web sites a little incentive to include huge images on their
> >> web pages to boost your download (both in megabytes and in megabytes per
> >> some quantity, be it time or by page fetch)?
> >> 
> >> Having to pay more because of the increase in bandwidth you use because 
> >> some
> >> sites are funded by ads (either partially or whole), so you wind up paying
> >> Com$haft in the end?
> >> 
> > 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?  ;-) 

Well, I was more of the opinion of them charging you for every byte, not 
just specific downloads.

However, if they did that, I'd really raise some hell. My router counts 
anywhere from 3-25MB of traffic overnight when every computer I have is 
either off or asleep.  I'd hate to go through the annoyance of starting 
up the cable modem, then starting up the router every day.

Greg B.

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