On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:33 PM, rlsimon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Comcast (the sole reason I have still got dialup=yeeech! is that I don't
wanna ever deal with them) is dummer'n snot ...instead of cutting them off,
why not just make them agree to a surcharge for overages ...that way they
250gb/mo is at least realistic. The local phone company (Frontiernet)
is talking about 5gb/mo.
That is a fairly decent limit, I doubt I would ever blow through it, but I'm
still strongly considering FIOS. I'm paying $133/month just for cable and
Internet!
how much for the 5gb? how much to 250gb?
heard that a single hd movie is around 25gb. comcast has a problem. internet
sells of $40, cable sells for $100.
At 09:31 PM 8/29/2008, you wrote:
250gb/mo is at least realistic. The local phone company (Frontiernet)
is talking about 5gb/mo.
On Fri,
Granted, the cap of 250 gigabytes covers a huge amount of data.
Comcast says consumers would have to send 50 million e-mails, or
download 62,500 songs...
Actually no. I have a remote camera system that uploads images and
streams video. It is only active during off hours and is triggered by
Around here the price is about the same, with Comcast being slightly
cheaper. I doubt DSL will actually _implement_ a cap at 5gb/mo, but
more likely would follow Comcast's lead in whatever they do. But the
fact they put it in their new TOS means they think they can get away
with _some_ sort of
Following up on the national security angle, please read...
Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the US
nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/30pipes.html
Since passage of the Patriot Act, many companies based outside of the
United States have been reluctant to store client information in the U.S.
Those true believers don't call it global warming anymore, it's climate
change...as to cover anything from a bit of rain to hurricanes to cooling or
warming..
As I see it, the same people who scoffed at global warming, are now well
on the way to making the US an Internet backwater. The US's
Tom that is very interesting but it also brings up a major question.
Why is this? It is not just the Patriot Act. It is a lot of stuff
that is causing this what is it?
Stewart
At 01:29 PM 8/30/2008, you wrote:
Following up on the national security angle, please read...
Internet Traffic
Scientifically speaking Climate Change is the correct term. The
Climate has never stayed stable and has always fluctuated (Can anyone
say Ice Age?)
The scientific quandary is why the Climate changes. Are we
accelerating the change?
From what I have heard over time the Climate has been
Why is this? It is not just the Patriot Act. It is a lot of stuff
that is causing this what is it?
The Patriot Act, just like torture by any other name, was just plain
stupid.
There is also the matter of 8 years of unrestrained greed, the
Administration not doing its job to protect the
Following up on the national security angle, please read...
Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the US
nytimes.com/2008/08/30/business/30pipes.html
Oh no! The CIA will have to start outsourcing their spies!
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Comcast (the sole reason I have still got dialup=yeeech! is that I don't
wanna ever deal with them) is dummer'n snot ...instead of cutting them off,
why not just make them agree to a surcharge for overages ...that way they
donna pissa offa no goons and make 'coupl'a bucks to boot !!
-Original
Saw this article at Marketwatch about Comcast setting new Internet usage limits:
http://tinyurl.com/6fmgh2
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Richard P.
MARKETWATCH FIRST TAKE
Comcast sets usage cap for Internet users
Commentary: Company gets low marks for disclosure to customers
By MarketWatch
250gb/mo is at least realistic. The local phone company (Frontiernet)
is talking about 5gb/mo.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 8:53 PM, Richard P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Saw this article at Marketwatch about Comcast setting new Internet usage
limits:
customers it has updated its Acceptable Use
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