DaSneaky1D
one wall to block them all
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join:2001-03-29
The Lou
 ·Charter Pipeline
| Wow...
said by Clearwire TOS:
...continuously uploading or downloading streaming video or audio...
So, uh, I guess no listening to streaming radio or gaming all day?
The point of writing a AUP is to not mention things too detailed, but to allow a legal leg to stand on when customers become problematic. Straight up telling someone they can't do a specific activity is stupid.
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Nerdtalker
Working Hard, Or Hardly Working?
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join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
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| said by DaSneaky1D  :Straight up telling someone they can't do a specific activity is stupid. I agree. More and more, it seems that all ISPs are willing to provide is basically "fast web-surfing".
So much for a "broadband experience". 
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Rogue Wolf
Is Kind Of A Big Deal In Yemen
join:2003-08-12
Troy, NY
·RoadRunner Cable
| said by Nerdtalker :More and more, it seems that all ISPs are willing to provide is basically "fast web-surfing". Better make sure that's plain-text web-surfing, pal. That multimedia crap uses bandwidth!  
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grantness
join:2004-05-21
Daytona Beach, FL | reply to Nerdtalker
It's a shame, I had a chance to work on someone's PC that has this and it shows promise.
I give it 2 years max before it's regulated, more so because of extra revenue. |
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PDXPLT
join:2003-12-04
Banks, OR
| reply to Nerdtalker
said by Nerdtalker :I agree. More and more, it seems that all ISPs are willing to provide is basically "fast web-surfing". Yup. I think you'll see more and more of this "walled garden" type of thing. Providers will look at the old telephony company and cable company business models, whereby bandwidth was sold per bit on a measured basis in the form of telephone and cable TV service, and they will try to emulate by blocking that type of traffic on the "internet" portion of the connection.
Only in the U.S., though. Yet another reason why we're becoming a high-tech backwater. |
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