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Article #41763Re: Canadian ISP Makes Really Bad Decision
From: demibee
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 06:49
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 06:49
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On Tue, 21 May 2002 22:27:38 -0700, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote: >quebectech wrote: > >> >> When I signed up - I fell for the Commercial's, and the >> "UNLIMITED" advertisement. Not the "UNLIMITED" >> tell we decide otherwise part .... >> >> Say what you want - UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED. >> Not UNLIMITED but Read the Small Print. > >I read the agreement. There is no small print. It says quite clearly that >Sympatico may change the price of the service, but it also says that the >service is unlimited access. AFAIC, unlimited access means exactly that, >you can access the net to upload or download, and there is nothing in the >service agreement about bandwidth. Reminds me of the Steven Wright joke about the twenty-four-hour video store. He goes down at midnight, and the guy is just locking up. He points out that the sign says, "Open 24 Hours," and the guy says, "Yeah, but not in a row." db
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