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Re: [Niagara] 40gb of "usage" while the modem is unplu You have the ability to visually watch those products come off the conveyor belt to ensure that the information being sent to that daemon is correct.
You can't do that with data.
And yes, I know you're going to say that that you can't "see" electricity either, but there are ways to 100% verify a level of voltage or amperage being provided beyond digital means, as electricity existed before digital equipment. | | |
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| Something has to be done about this, sure as eggs is eggs.
People can argue until they're blue in the face about how data can't be regulated because it can't be accurately measured.
If that's truly the case, if it can't be accurately measured, then it should be billed for at all.
That is the spirit of Weights & Measures. What's their motto again?
Fair Measure for All
How about some of that.
In the Telecommunications Act
27. (1) Every rate charged by a Canadian carrier for a telecommunications service shall be just and reasonable.
How about some of that.
What part of the regulatory environment allows a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer.
In my world, that's fraud.
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| said by dillyhammer:27. (1) Every rate charged by a Canadian carrier for a telecommunications service shall be just and reasonable.
How about some of that.
What part of the regulatory environment allows a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer. How about that? Who decides what is just and reasonable. Presumably that's debated by those who moderate these acts and the carriers. If you don't feel it's just, start writing your letters. If plenty of people write letters to the appropriate people, that they're being treated unjustly, perhaps something can be done.
As far as allowing a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer, did the friend of a friend concerning this thread get a bill for something they didn't receive? Without proof these are simply "friend of a friend" stories... if you really want something to happen, you need to encourage people to post their stories with copies of their bills like the guy in that thread many months ago with the super large bill. | |
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| said by urbanriot:said by dillyhammer:27. (1) Every rate charged by a Canadian carrier for a telecommunications service shall be just and reasonable.
How about some of that.
What part of the regulatory environment allows a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer. How about that? Who decides what is just and reasonable. Presumably that's debated by those who moderate these acts and the carriers. If you don't feel it's just, start writing your letters. If plenty of people write letters to the appropriate people, that they're being treated unjustly, perhaps something can be done. As far as allowing a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer, did the friend of a friend concerning this thread get a bill for something they didn't receive? Without proof these are simply "friend of a friend" stories... if you really want something to happen, you need to encourage people to post their stories with copies of their bills like the guy in that thread many months ago with the super large bill. Something doesn't seem right.....
In reality, if I'm a hacker and an "evil person" and I'm benefitting from this, I'm going to take it to the max...so to just use "40gb" in a month with a hacked modem doesn't sound right to me, if its me, and I know of a way to max it out, I'm gonna max it out and screw that other person to the $50 overage...not just go "Oh, I feel sorry and I'm only going to make them pay $15/month more"....that's just not how criminal elements work...you'd see Angelos and Angelos of usage....not just 40gb...
I feel like some people don't quite understand what they're getting themselves into, especially when you see the increased upload usage.
Example: World of Warcraft....if you haven't turned off the peer to peer functionality even after you've downloaded the patch, your computer is still going to serve uploads of data to other users who still need the patch so long as they've left their P2P on...
I'm sure most other MMOs like WOW are like this as companies would rather not pay for extra bandwidth.... So while you're looking to plug a potential hole or looking at it from that standpoint, I feel as though education about what programs are actually doing with your connection is important...and also to educate yourself on the options...
With start you'd still run into the same potential pitfalls...since its ALL on Cogeco's network, you could still clone that cable mac and go to town....
Anywho, something in this story just doesn't ring true.....I'm not saying that people don't clone macs, but if you were one of those people, you just wouldn't magically stop at 40GB...it just doesn't make sense.... | |
| said by nitzguy:said by urbanriot:said by dillyhammer:27. (1) Every rate charged by a Canadian carrier for a telecommunications service shall be just and reasonable.
How about some of that.
What part of the regulatory environment allows a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer. How about that? Who decides what is just and reasonable. Presumably that's debated by those who moderate these acts and the carriers. If you don't feel it's just, start writing your letters. If plenty of people write letters to the appropriate people, that they're being treated unjustly, perhaps something can be done. As far as allowing a telecommunications company to bill a customer for something they did not give to the customer, did the friend of a friend concerning this thread get a bill for something they didn't receive? Without proof these are simply "friend of a friend" stories... if you really want something to happen, you need to encourage people to post their stories with copies of their bills like the guy in that thread many months ago with the super large bill. Something doesn't seem right..... In reality, if I'm a hacker and an "evil person" and I'm benefitting from this, I'm going to take it to the max...so to just use "40gb" in a month with a hacked modem doesn't sound right to me, if its me, and I know of a way to max it out, I'm gonna max it out and screw that other person to the $50 overage...not just go "Oh, I feel sorry and I'm only going to make them pay $15/month more"....that's just not how criminal elements work...you'd see Angelos and Angelos of usage....not just 40gb... I feel like some people don't quite understand what they're getting themselves into, especially when you see the increased upload usage. Example: World of Warcraft....if you haven't turned off the peer to peer functionality even after you've downloaded the patch, your computer is still going to serve uploads of data to other users who still need the patch so long as they've left their P2P on... I'm sure most other MMOs like WOW are like this as companies would rather not pay for extra bandwidth.... So while you're looking to plug a potential hole or looking at it from that standpoint, I feel as though education about what programs are actually doing with your connection is important...and also to educate yourself on the options... With start you'd still run into the same potential pitfalls...since its ALL on Cogeco's network, you could still clone that cable mac and go to town.... Anywho, something in this story just doesn't ring true.....I'm not saying that people don't clone macs, but if you were one of those people, you just wouldn't magically stop at 40GB...it just doesn't make sense.... Well, maybe. But think of it like hacking a bank account or stealing a credit/debit card. You could drain it of a million dollars, but that would set off red flags everywhere.
A few hundred here and there is much more likely to go unnoticed.
If you can clone a MAC, you can clone a number of MACs.
Perhaps better to run up a small number of gigs spread across a whole bunch of MACs than to blow the wad on one and get it shut down.
Just a thought. | |
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| said by diskdocx:Well, maybe. But think of it like hacking a bank account or stealing a credit/debit card. You could drain it of a million dollars, but that would set off red flags everywhere.
A few hundred here and there is much more likely to go unnoticed.
If you can clone a MAC, you can clone a number of MACs.
Perhaps better to run up a small number of gigs spread across a whole bunch of MACs than to blow the wad on one and get it shut down.
Just a thought.
Precisely. It's about doing it undetected for as long as possible. I try not to confuse a thief and a hacker - two completely different animals.
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said by nitzguy:Something doesn't seem right.....
In reality, if I'm a hacker and an "evil person" and I'm benefitting from this, I'm going to take it to the max...so to just use "40gb" in a month with a hacked modem doesn't sound right to me, if its me, and I know of a way to max it out, I'm gonna max it out and screw that other person to the $50 overage...not just go "Oh, I feel sorry and I'm only going to make them pay $15/month more"....that's just not how criminal elements work...you'd see Angelos and Angelos of usage....not just 40gb....
...Anywho, something in this story just doesn't ring true.....I'm not saying that people don't clone macs, but if you were one of those people, you just wouldn't magically stop at 40GB...it just doesn't make sense....
If this 'MAC Clowning' is as easy to do as some say, then why use so much per subscriber that it leaves ZERO DOUBT as to what is going on ?
Stopping at 40GB or some moderate amount is just enough to cause dissent between the provider and some of their subscribers (and some customers will not even notice, just paying up blindly), but not enough for all parties to agree that something serious (nor what exactly) is wrong.
EDIT : As I read further, I see that the next 2 posters have made a similar point to mine. 
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said by nitzguy:Example: World of Warcraft....if you haven't turned off the peer to peer functionality even after you've downloaded the patch, your computer is still going to serve uploads of data to other users who still need the patch so long as they've left their P2P on... Actually, Wow only uses P2P during the patch process. Once you're done patching, all repairs are done via direct download from a Blizzard server. Its possible an installation is highly corrupted and downloads quite a bit from servers to replace corruption, but it couldn't account for anything near 40GB, as the game itself is only 25GB... Unless the system itself is unstable (like the Dell XPS630i with the faulty motherboards)..
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