"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? ;-)