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Article #41760Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision
From: Brent P
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 23:21
Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 23:21
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In article <V0AG8.11558$Hf4.1355232@news20.bellglobal.com>, quebectech wrote: > Please tell me "Who" On The Planet - Reads the fine > Print on anything?, aside from Lawyers etc ... <snip> > Say what you want - UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED. > Not UNLIMITED but Read the Small Print. > Can You Read This : Class Action Law-Suit? Can you read the fine print that says it can change at any time? People running servers with commerical level usage on a home service were abusing a good thing. What did you expect to happen? > I don't mean to sound/type "Mean". > But - Fact of the matter is - I speak for the Millions of > people who are getting screwed - not the 20 or 30 techs > or Lawyers who read "THE SMALL PRINT". Millions? I doubt millions of people are running high-bandwidth servers. More like a few people who abused the system causing a knee-jerk reaction that will 'screw millions'. And if your such a high-level net user, at least learn how to post properly. There is an RFC on it, 1855 if I remember right.
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