| Re: 5100 is not changed that much "People who pay 20-40 dollars a month for HSI shouldnt complain. Just think 2-4 years ago you were paying that for dial up."
rx7mike your post is the only truly worthwhile use of space in this thread. Sadly I doubt that anyone in peril of running into the same or worse situation that you did will take your advise and will end up learning the hard way that stealing is stealing no matter how you justify it.
On the whole I tend to agree that $20-$40 a month is a bargain for HSI and I have little sympathy for the cable subscribers that whine and complain about what they are owed by the cable company. (IMHO they do not have a clue what it means...) Personally 3-5 years ago I was paying $20-$30 a month for 768k/+5Mbps HSI and it was awesome...but there was a price even then. The technology was brand new and guess who was testing it? That's right I paid to beta test a product that was unreliable and somewhat sporadic at first, and I would do it again without having to think twice! Well except for one thing, I could not be bribed in any way so long as there was [insert cable co. here] running the show.
Now before anyone goes getting the idea I'm being hypocritical about knocking the cable company I can honestly say that I have not paid for or directly used any service (cable tv, ISP, phone, long distance service, etc)from any cable company in several years, and possibly never will again. One of the reasons was the systematic price increase of my cable services while at the same time having decreases in many aspects of them under the guise that I was being ensured an optimal experience. Bu11$h17
This last part is important so listen up all you sheep and aspiring malcontents. As a consumer you are entitled to get exactly what you pay for, nothing more, nothing less. However this is not always the way things work out and theres 2 groups in particular that make it easy for big businesses to shaft consumers without fear of reprisal.
SHEEP: you will go along with anything because its easier the standing up for what you are entitled to receive. You for some reason that is beyond me will go so far as to justify the actions of those that prod you down the path of their choosing.
clueless thieves: you are not smart enough to hack your way out of your bedroom in mommy and daddies house that your getting free internet from in the first place! You morons go and get caught and used as a scapegoat by the very entity that you hate so that they may further fleece the sheep of their hard earned cash. That's right you give their claims of "network abuse" legitimacy and are the sole substantiating pieces in the statistics used against you.
The very small number of users who both pay for their service and are smart enough to be able to cheat the system without being caught are almost nonexistent. The system is maturing into a much more secure technology that will only get tougher to bypass, and besides if your that smart your likely not paying for the service in the first place.
So wtf is my point? It's precisely the same as rx7mikes was. If you want something then pay for it if it is worth it. If it's not worth the price then don't be sheep and do it anyways, and don't be a moron and try to steal it! GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND PURCHASE IT OR STFU AND STOP COMPLAINING!
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768k/1.5M ADSL from cyberonic rocks and theres no long term contract required!
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