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tiger72
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edit:
September 10th, @05:17PM

Americans?

The only American ISP is roadrunner (nystate)? I'm kinda surprised by that... Of course, the rest of the list is made up of developing countries, so that's not a surprise at all.


GoodDog

join:2000-07-03
Goshen, NY
Look at number 3


Jerm

join:2000-04-10
Richland, WA

reply to tiger72
So you missed VERIZON at #3 there?

I can just imagine it now:

"Hello Welcome to Verizon Customer Service how may I help you?"

"My PeeCee isn't able to connect to teh intarweb, I see a page that says I have a been disconnected due to a trojan, spyware, or other botnet activity ... WHY DOESNT MY INTERNET WORK - TURN IT BACK ON PLEASE!"

"Well Sir your port has been disabled because you've been sending out spam and your computer appears to have been compromised in a zombie botnet attack"

"I dun care what you say, I have no zombies here, they're only in Movies - I just want checked my d*mn email now TURN ME BACK ON NOW!"

... (rinse, repeat 10x)

Finally the user gives up - "Im going to Comcast, forget you Verizon, my zombie PC is invincible!"


TK Junk Mail
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Margate City, NJ
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edit:
September 10th, @06:13PM

reply to tiger72
Re: Americans?

The best US ISP appears to be Time Warner Cable which is 96 out of 100 on the list, but when you add in all their Roadrunner entries they stink. Comcast doesn't initially look that bad either, but they are too. They are on the list multiple times with multiple unique ASN identifiers.

So for example when you total up all their entries,
Verizon 2 billion spam msgs/day
TW/RR 1 billion/day
Comcast 626 million/day

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Krispy
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the stix

reply to Jerm
Re: So you missed VERIZON at #3 there?

said by Jerm See Profile :

I can just imagine it now:

"Hello Welcome to Verizon Customer Service how may I help you?"

"My PeeCee isn't able to connect to teh intarweb, I see a page that says I have a been disconnected due to a trojan, spyware, or other botnet activity ... WHY DOESNT MY INTERNET WORK - TURN IT BACK ON PLEASE!"

"Well Sir your port has been disabled because you've been sending out spam and your computer appears to have been compromised in a zombie botnet attack"

"I dun care what you say, I have no zombies here, they're only in Movies - I just want checked my d*mn email now TURN ME BACK ON NOW!"

... (rinse, repeat 10x)

Finally the user gives up - "Im going to Comcast, forget you Verizon, my zombie PC is invincible!"
You've worked in an abuse dept I see
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joako
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reply to tiger72
Re: Americans?

And the citizens of South & Central American aren't Americans??


TK Junk Mail
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said by joako See Profile :

And the citizens of South & Central American aren't Americans??
Not in the generally accepted use of the term they aren't.

Why someone feels obligated to point it out every time a poster says Americans(when everyone knows that means people in the USA) is beyond me.
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Doctor Four
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Dallas, TX
·AT&T U-Verse
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edit:
September 10th, @07:03PM

reply to Krispy
Re: So you missed VERIZON at #3 there?

said by Krispy See Profile :

You've worked in an abuse dept I see
His avatar probably also describes what some ISP
abuse departments would like to do with their clueless,
click on everything, got-brains?, spam spewing zombie
customers, or at least their machines.

Someone in one of the forums mentioned that if human
stupidity were a fuel that could be burned, this planet
would shine brighter than the Sun.
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cork1958
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Fruitport, MI
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edit:
September 10th, @08:04PM

reply to TK Junk Mail
Re: Americans?

said by TK Junk Mail See Profile :

said by joako See Profile :

And the citizens of South & Central American aren't Americans??
Not in the generally accepted use of the term they aren't.

Why someone feels obligated to point it out every time a poster says Americans(when everyone knows that means people in the USA) is beyond me.
Isn't that what these forums and all others are all about, to either show your intelligence, or ignorance, or both, if you're REALLY talented?!!

It's not just Americans, as you're using the term, but you see it on any typo somebody makes, or some other ridiculously simple error that ANYBODY would/should realize was just an oops!!


RangerTX
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reply to TK Junk Mail
I am surprised by your comment, you usually defend them regardless of what they do or not do
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antdude
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reply to Jerm
Re: So you missed VERIZON at #3 there?

said by Jerm See Profile :

I can just imagine it now:

"Hello Welcome to Verizon Customer Service how may I help you?"

"My PeeCee isn't able to connect to teh intarweb, I see a page that says I have a been disconnected due to a trojan, spyware, or other botnet activity ... WHY DOESNT MY INTERNET WORK - TURN IT BACK ON PLEASE!"

"Well Sir your port has been disabled because you've been sending out spam and your computer appears to have been compromised in a zombie botnet attack"

"I dun care what you say, I have no zombies here, they're only in Movies - I just want checked my d*mn email now TURN ME BACK ON NOW!"

... (rinse, repeat 10x)

Finally the user gives up - "Im going to Comcast, forget you Verizon, my zombie PC is invincible!"
Then Verizon shuts the customer down too?
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RangerTX
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said by antdude See Profile :

said by Jerm See Profile :

I can just imagine it now:

"Hello Welcome to Verizon Customer Service how may I help you?"

"My PeeCee isn't able to connect to teh intarweb, I see a page that says I have a been disconnected due to a trojan, spyware, or other botnet activity ... WHY DOESNT MY INTERNET WORK - TURN IT BACK ON PLEASE!"

"Well Sir your port has been disabled because you've been sending out spam and your computer appears to have been compromised in a zombie botnet attack"

"I dun care what you say, I have no zombies here, they're only in Movies - I just want checked my d*mn email now TURN ME BACK ON NOW!"

... (rinse, repeat 10x)

Finally the user gives up - "Im going to Comcast, forget you Verizon, my zombie PC is invincible!"
Then Verizon shuts the customer down too?
1) you mean comcast and 2) a lot will not do anything. At&t will not do anything


antdude
A Ninja Ant
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said by RangerTX See Profile :

said by antdude See Profile :

said by Jerm See Profile :

I can just imagine it now:

"Hello Welcome to Verizon Customer Service how may I help you?"

"My PeeCee isn't able to connect to teh intarweb, I see a page that says I have a been disconnected due to a trojan, spyware, or other botnet activity ... WHY DOESNT MY INTERNET WORK - TURN IT BACK ON PLEASE!"

"Well Sir your port has been disabled because you've been sending out spam and your computer appears to have been compromised in a zombie botnet attack"

"I dun care what you say, I have no zombies here, they're only in Movies - I just want checked my d*mn email now TURN ME BACK ON NOW!"

... (rinse, repeat 10x)

Finally the user gives up - "Im going to Comcast, forget you Verizon, my zombie PC is invincible!"
Then Verizon shuts the customer down too?
1) you mean comcast and 2) a lot will not do anything. At&t will not do anything
DOH! I meant Comcast. I am not fully awake!
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tapeloop
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reply to joako
Re: Americans?

said by joako See Profile :

And the citizens of South & Central American aren't Americans??
Yeah, but they're not U.S. Americans.

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