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Bad Behavior on the 'Net - Who Pays the Bandwidth Bill?
rakolam asks: "I am involved with network management in the hosting department of a fairly large ISP. Constantly we have customers who dispute inbound bandwidth spikes and demand service credits on their burstable connections. Events such as the Slammer Virus literally have everyone knocking on their salesperson's door at the end of the billing cycle. My position is that the internet is a public space, and by placing themselves in that space, one has to realize the consequences (and the implications of burstable billing). I'd like Slashdot's perspective on this. Should ISP's ultimately eat the costs of malicious behavior? Is the customer ultimately responsible for the bandwidth they've generated, regardless if it's desired or not? Is this a new frontier for insurance companies?"
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I would like to use this first post to give shouts out to everyone.
Well, it's different because I had sex with a black African rhino named Frederick Johnson III. Afterwards I was infected with HIV. That is how this is different.
They are not cooperating. They are deceiving us, and they are undemocratic terrorists, and they have dark skin.
Thank Jesus Christ for useable nuclear weapons.
If you don't agree with me, you're evil!