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Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision

#41686
From: Mr. Frederick
Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 19:16
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LaSallePCTech <info@accessmontreal.com> wrote in message
news:EGpJ8.10448$t97.1954299@news20.bellglobal.com...
> I truly am sorry for not being as "Geeky" as you both
> are. I didn't know that, to post on a newsgroup, that
> one day - I could have had the chance to win some
> "Spelling-Bee" or something - like you two Bores.
>
> The point I was trying to make - Newgroup Gods,
> Is UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED.
> Did I Spell That Right?
>
> Not UNLIMITED untill we say otherwise, because
> we can justify it with Piracy, and heavy bandwidth
> users.
>
> Stop your Babbling and Bullshit - and use your
> Godlike Brain, in a resourcefull way ....
> Like figuring ways on how to prevent thousands of
> people from being screwed, bullshitted to, and just
> flat out lied to.
>
Well, actually the policy makes perfect sense.  You have unlimited access,
65 minutes per hour, 25 hours per day, 41 days per month, 63 weeks per year.
Just don't do anything while you are connected.
>
> "Richard" <this@is.invalid> wrote in message
> news:ad3932$qdp$1@dns3.cae.ca...
> > "Brent P" <tetraethyllead@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:nc7J8.141107$Po6.306612@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net...
> > > In article <ad2ses$jqb$2@dns3.cae.ca>, Richard wrote:
> > >
> > > > that huge a dent in the ISP's capabilities running an ftpd or an
httpd
> > on a
> > > > line that has a maximum throughput of 16 KB/s. Others will put a
> bigger
> > dent
> > > > in the downward stream by listening to hi-fidelity streaming audio.
> > >
> > > The orginal complaints I read in this thread was that the 5 gig limit
> > > could be reached in a few hours with the kind of servers some were
> > running.
> > > That seems incompatible with what you say is caped upload speed....
> >
> > Go back and re-read a couple of LaSallePCTech's posts. Now that you have
a
> > fresh idea as to what his grammar and spelling are like, can you imagine
> the
> > level of his math skills?
> >
> > With Sympatico's HSE, it would take almost four days of constant
uploading
> > to use the limit.
> > Constant downloading on the other hand, would use up the limit in just
> under
> > 12 hours.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Mr. Frederick" <crookesf@mbno.sympaticospam.ca>
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