SlashDot: "Comcast Gunning for NAT Users"

Thu Jan 31 20:33:08 UTC 2002

On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Steven J. Sobol wrote:

>
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Greg Pendergrass wrote:
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> > It doesn't make sense that an ISP should complain that customers use 100% of
> > what they pay for.
>
> So you think that dialup users should be allowed to stay online 24/7 for
> $20/month on an account advertised as unlimited?

If it says "unlimited" absolutely. That's what unlimited means. The
ISPs I've worked for have never used the term, and enough providers have been
burnt by this that the majority seem to have stopped using the term
"unlimited." The others attempt to redefine the word in ther TOS, which is
B.S. but that's really between the consumer and their provider.

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