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join:2002-10-16
New Milford, CT
| reply to pissoff
Re: Newsgroup caps at 1.5 gig + no newstest2 (Long)
Good for you!
IN our case, it's back to dialup, but no great loss... the speeds Charter HSI were giving us were not that much noticeably faster... web page loads are maybe 30% faster than dialup, compared to the backup dialup account (which we use frequently due to outages in Charter's network).
Charter didn't renew their contract for Earthlink newsgroups, as it turned out...
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Minitech
join:2003-07-25
Spring Hill, FL
| I just posted this to the Earthlink DSL forum where there is more traffic.
Earthlink has recently capped newsgroup access to 1.5 gig/month, then it drops down to dialup speeds. This includes headers. As an example, I will be at dialup speeds just by downloading headers for the 50+ newsgroups I read (Way too many interests) in just a few days.
Earthlink advertises unlimited high speed. Its user agreement guarantees "Best effort" to provide speeds. The change came without notification. I personally received my official notification e-mail today; 2 days after the newsgroups were crippled.
The user agreement was not modified to reflect this change but the FAQ now mentions the quota. Neither the Earthlink start page nor the Earthlink announcement newsgroup mention the new draconian measure. If Earthlink wishes to make changes to its user policy it must make changes to its advertisements and web pages.
The FCC and the FTC get very concerned regarding false advertisement and deceptive practices. Since Earthlink management is not responding to our concerns please complain to the government entities; that’s what we pay them for. If enough of us do complain something will be done.
»www.fcc.gov
»www.ftc.gov
As an aside for let's not argue semantics. The term "internet" does include Usenet (newsgroups).
Just one of the many pages defining "internet"
»web.nps.navy.mil/~miller/Inet.html |
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pissoff
@verizon.n
| Do someone knows if it state in the contract that the speed and the downloads will be capped. If it does not states that in the contract. The contract is binding to what they advertised, which is the unlimited high speed and the no cap on the download. Then I smell a class action suit coming soon.
Another thing is good to do is what minitech suggested. REPORT THEM! |
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robie88
join:2003-04-19
New York, NY
| there should be a class action against them.
Their sales team is deliberately doing a con job in advising potential new accounts that there are no caps, not with news or any other aspect of the Earthlink service. They are clearly defrauding consumers with false statements to induce their business, then attempting to justify it all by saying you failed to read the fine print.
I have news for Earthlink; when I agreed to open an account with them NO contract was ever mentioned, nor was it suggested that I should read any contract, in fact I wasn't even informed by their sales staff that such a contract existed.
This company is asking for a problem and now they are going to get it. I'm fed up with these ISP's playing their games. Maybe if it costs them more to con people then they make off of their con games they will learn a lesson. |
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Premium,MVM
join:2001-03-01
Boston
clubs:
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| Just because they work for EL doesn't mean they use them as an ISP. With so many employees, I highly doubt the news of a new newsgroup cap spreads like wildfire and everyone is instantly informed. Every company has some faults, but cut them some slack - no need to jump down their throats.
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Why not? |
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Minitech
join:2003-07-25
Spring Hill, FL
| Earthlink has a start page that most customers log into upon connection. They find it easy enough to put other announcements there. Funny that a reduction in service is swept under the rug.
Why is it that spammers are able to use the Earthlink E-mail system to reach millions but Earthlink can't send one e-mail on time? There was no official notice on the newsgroups or the last e-link newsletter.
A change this major had to have been planned months in advance. Months that they were asking high speed customers to use a beta server. Months of asking us to put up with the bother because things would be better. Why the secrecy and lies? |
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verizon sale
@verizon.n
| reply to robie88
Since your in NY, switch to verizon DSL, Cheaper and NO RESTRICTION on SPEED and CAP on downloads!!! only $29.95 "phone package" a month. or $34.95 just DSL.
My friend has Verizon DSL, Speed is at 1.5Mbps for newsgroups 24 hours 7 days a week. NO CAP, NO Strings! NO LIE! So switch NOW!
BTW I dont work for verizon!
I just fight fire with more fire! |
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