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bbenso1

join:2004-11-28
Baltimore, MD

reply to GOLFnSUN
Re: Double-Talk

said by GOLFnSUN See Profile :

It is about time that pay-per-byte starts getting used. It solves all problems.
Except that pesky problem of having to pay for data you didn't request. If I'm paying by the byte, is my ISP going to filter out all spam on the mail server before it gets downloaded to my email client? Is my ISP going to block unwanted popup ads on any web sites that I might visit? What about annoying, high-bandwidth flash content that I don't want to see? What about windows updates that get downloaded even though I told windows not to download updates?

emptywig
Huh? What?
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openbox9

join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
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reply to bbenso1
Everything you mentioned was requested by you or your computer in some manner.

SPAM: IMAP is wonderful

Ads and Flash are relative to the sites that you request

Windows updates? Your OS is requesting them.


Piggie
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Orange Springs, FL
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Why even debate?

There are so many other choices in most places in the country why would anyone needing data service use Verizon?

They lied for 4 years and didn't stop until a Judge called them on the carpet.

Now they want pay per byte.

Simply remove them from your selection and go on with life.

PS: Most towns have more choices than just switching to GSM also. Sprint and Alltel are in a lot of places and have decent data plans.
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KrK
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reply to bbenso1
Re: Double-Talk

Amen and Amen!

If the Telecommunications companies want to get greedy, then bury them in their corporate greed by filing mass lawsuits and winning them all.

Get SPAM you didn't want? SUE. Stupid ads appearing on your screen you don't want to see? SUE. Companies like Microsoft and so on using YOUR bandwidth to phone home/bug fix etc? SUE!!!

And, the lawsuits will be easy wins because when paying by the byte, it will be automatic to prove damages. Sue, sue sue.

And then this stupidity will die before it can get started.
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