espaeth
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Re: Yep... business as usual
said by csiemers  :It always amazes me how some people want to dictate how I use my connection! I'm the one paying for it, NOT YOU!  Until you start using more than the break-even amount of bandwidth on shared infrastructure. Than my bill starts to go to subsidize your usage.
It's like welfare, only we subsidize the greedy instead of the needy. |
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csiemers
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| Then it sounds like the company need to improve it's shared infrastructure.
Fortunately I'm with an ISP that doesn't cap.
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Rob
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| said by csiemers :Then it sounds like the company need to improve it's shared infrastructure. Fortunately I'm with an ISP that doesn't cap. This post made me chuckle. Is your ISP Earthlink? |
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said by espaeth :said by csiemers :It always amazes me how some people want to dictate how I use my connection! I'm the one paying for it, NOT YOU! Until you start using more than the break-even amount of bandwidth on shared infrastructure. Than my bill starts to go to subsidize your usage. It's like welfare, only we subsidize the greedy instead of the needy. Um, isn't that already standard practice at all cable companies?
I have to pay for your ESPN, even though I would never watch it, if I want to get any cable-tv channels at all.
Not that anyone "needs" cable TV or internet. |
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Matt
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| said by elray :Not that anyone "needs" cable TV or internet. Try telling that to me when I don't get my weekly Mythbusters fix. 
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