AOL Wins Anti-Spam Case

saikou writes "CNet writes in this story: 'A Virginia federal court awarded America Online nearly $7 million in damages as part of the Internet service providers' legal victory over a junk e-mail operation, AOL said Monday.' Now, given tough times we should see more and more ISPs sue (and, hopefully win) the evildoers if not for their users mailboxes sake, then for their own budget. How long until there will be a major ISP whose plans include discounts for spam-fighters? (Help us to sue every spammer than sent mail to you and get $9.95 disount on your next bill :) )"

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Re:i'm so confused

[jez9999]

I'll launch a complaint. They don't allow you to have a standard internet connection, which can be configured straight from your OS. Instead, they use propriatory protocols, and force you to install and run THEIR software in order to connect. Combine that with the facts that that software then uses up a big chunk of bandwidth downloading ads, and that *.aol.* is banned from quite a few services such as IRC, and you've got a pretty crappy ISP. How anyone who seriously uses the internet can stay with them is beyond me.