 pizzDeath Penalty Please in NYPremium
join:2000-10-27
united state
 ·RoadRunner Cable
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Re: Hmmm said by jlivingood:That's definitely something we are hoping to learn about in the tech trial. It's a tough problem to solve. Add a nice pamphlet inside their monthly bills telling them of this new service. So customers know before hand, as alot of people do read their bills and the flyers they stuff inside them.
but good luck on it, not a bad idea at all.
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 screavic4Premium
join:2006-08-11
Paron, AR
kudos:1 | I too like it, it's one way to save bandwidth too. I also like that Comcast offers antivirus to their customers.
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 jlivingoodPremium,VIP
join:2007-10-28
Philadelphia, PA
kudos:1 | reply to pizz
said by pizz:said by jlivingood:That's definitely something we are hoping to learn about in the tech trial. It's a tough problem to solve. Add a nice pamphlet inside their monthly bills telling them of this new service. So customers know before hand, as alot of people do read their bills and the flyers they stuff inside them. but good luck on it, not a bad idea at all. I don't know if we're planning to do that or not. But we are sending emails to customers in the trial area, for what that's worth.
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that's a well intended idea, but people aren't necessarily going to *read it*.
Anything other than a bill in an envelope with a bill usually goes -> trash. |
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:7 | said by dfxmatt:that's a well intended idea, but people aren't necessarily going to *read it*. Anything other than a bill in an envelope with a bill usually goes -> trash. Well, who's fault that then? Send it with their bill and they throw it away. Send it in an email and it gets flagged as spam or just ignored. Post it on a portal website and they never visit it. Doing all three might reach a significantly larger audience, but I wouldn't count on it. |
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| All my bills are electronic. I look at the amount of the bill and charges. I ignore the rest. Call me if you want to give me information like that. A bill is a bill is more like a due bill. We are spammed by too much crap these days, so maybe they should make a commercial or something? LOL |
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How about a "botnet surcharge?" That'll get people to read the bill! Say an extra $15/mo for every month they're infected, with 1 month refunded when they clean the machine. This way it will get people's attention and give them an incentive to clean their machine.
Another way around the walled-garden dilemma is to only wall off port 80 - this allows VoIP, gaming, SSL sites, etc to work correctly but the moment they use the web browser they get stuck. There should be a way to release it though, say by filling out a form. This way it's a bit more substantial that a virus-looking pop-up, but can still be bypassed once the user acknowledges the problem.
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 MikePremium,Mod
join:2000-09-17
Pittsburgh, PA
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 ·Verizon FiOS
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In browser popups and emails are not trusted anymore.
Either a letter in the mail or cheaper, an automated phone call suggesting they call tech support. If there is still activity for a said amount of time and no response, kill the port at the switch.
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