 kamm
join:2001-02-14
Brooklyn, NY
1 edit | They have zero rights to do so. I think it' nothing but some fearmongering - I can't imagine any ISP to be this dumb, to try this. |
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| I don't know how things are run in your world... but here in the real world an ISP can terminate or suspend service to any customer, especially if the said customer is a home subscriber.
My ISP, Shaw Cable, DOES suspend users who have worms or trojans on their systems.
It an ISP disconnects you from their service because you are running a pre SP1 WinXP workstation your ISP is doing you a FAVOUR. |
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 tapeloopNot bad at all, really.Premium
join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One
kudos:1 | said by wilburyan:I don't know how things are run in your world... but here in the real world an ISP can terminate or suspend service to any customer, especially if the said customer is a home subscriber. My ISP, Shaw Cable, DOES suspend users who have worms or trojans on their systems. It an ISP disconnects you from their service because you are running a pre SP1 WinXP workstation your ISP is doing you a FAVOUR. Yes, but there's a difference between treating someone for having tuberculosis and quarantining them for not washing their hands with antibacterial soap.
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Copyright infringement is illegal. Murder is illegal. Therefore, file sharing is murder. |
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said by wilburyan:It an ISP disconnects you from their service because you are running a pre SP1 WinXP workstation your ISP is doing you a FAVOUR. That is complete bull sh#$. I can have a WinXP SP1 running behind a nat router, running behind a firewall, not running as admin and I hand it off to the wife and she wouldn't pick up a worm, virus, or anything else. Its all about configuration and having a bit of knowledge of what you are doing. So to tell me that a pre SP1 is the issue is bull sh#$. Yeah SP2 has less security holes and other fixes but its not 100% needed to lock down the system.
There is no need for an ISP to blindly lock people out without having a better reason then simply what version of an OS they are running. |
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| If you have workstation(s) behind a router than it doesn't matter... but if it's behind a router your ISP really has no idea what you have connected to it in the first place.
Also, notice I said pre SP1... not SP1. So no service packs whatsoever. I have an older XP cd that has no service packs, when I install XP from it and connect the computer directly to the internet I get dominated with everything under the sun within 10 minutes... it's really quite amazing.
I'm not saying folks like you should have their service suspended... but those who are running wide open and unprotected (and likely already infected) should. |
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said by wilburyan:I don't know how things are run in your world... but here in the real world an ISP can terminate or suspend service to any customer, especially if the said customer is a home subscriber. My ISP, Shaw Cable, DOES suspend users who have worms or trojans on their systems. It an ISP disconnects you from their service because you are running a pre SP1 WinXP workstation your ISP is doing you a FAVOUR. Tell shaw cable they are dumb idiots for me will you?
They are doing you a favour? The only thing they are doing is being annoying idiots. If I want to run a machine without SP1 I SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO SO. |
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 Wills
join:2001-01-03
Port Charlotte, FL | reply to tapeloop
Not in my hospital. I'm going to shoot you and burn your body for both tuberculosis and not washing your hands. It's my hospital, if you don't like it, go someplace else.
Don't have anywhere else to go? Sit down, shut up, and enjoy the bullet.
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I have a shaved head, a goatee, and tatoos. Don't you realize the rules don't apply to me. |
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tapeloopNot bad at all, really.Premium
join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One
kudos:1 | Wow. Someone take away your coffee today friend?  Hippocrates probably would have had a few choice words for you. Then again, he never had to remove WildTangent from 10 Dell machines...
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Copyright infringement is illegal. Murder is illegal. Therefore, file sharing is murder. |
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