Personally, I feel that the fears of out-of-control rates are not legitimate. It's not hard for a seller to advertise another payment service and have it catch on like wildfire. And don't think that the banks are just sitting on their feet. I'm sure that there are other banks with big money in addition to Citibank are looking to enter this profitable area.
I'm a Comcast customer and just found out today that if I put a computer in the DMZ (via my Linksys router), my service will get shut off for about 5 minutes! This never happened before. Try it yourself.
It's very possible Comcast detects the change in my network and stops the service temporarily until I become a good boy again. I'd be interested in seeing someone look into this who has more experience with cable modems and such to find out if this is purposeful on Comcasts part.
I know it's available for paying members, although I'm not sure about people who use the free service.
Paying members can report spam as easily as clicking a hyperlink. Forward your email to your Spamcop address and Spamcop intelligently filters the spam from your inbox (using the information reported from both free and paying members) and allows the member to either delete, forward, or report the spam for you at the click of a button. And it's a cheap service! $.50/MB equals less than $15/year for me.
Has anyone tried to confirm this story? It sounds more than suspicious. The user doesn't have a profile, doesn't have any elevated status (which may mean the account has just been created), and he publically released his "attorney's" name and phone number? Sounds more like a prank to me than a cry for help.
Remember, it could have been someone else who sent Wired your rant. Someone who adored your post and felt as though it should get more attention could have easily sent Wired a copy.
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Have you considered requiring registration?
Sure, c2it.
Personally, I feel that the fears of out-of-control rates are not legitimate. It's not hard for a seller to advertise another payment service and have it catch on like wildfire. And don't think that the banks are just sitting on their feet. I'm sure that there are other banks with big money in addition to Citibank are looking to enter this profitable area.
If it was designed by a monkey, then we'd all be in good hands.
I'm a Comcast customer and just found out today that if I put a computer in the DMZ (via my Linksys router), my service will get shut off for about 5 minutes! This never happened before. Try it yourself.
It's very possible Comcast detects the change in my network and stops the service temporarily until I become a good boy again. I'd be interested in seeing someone look into this who has more experience with cable modems and such to find out if this is purposeful on Comcasts part.
I know it's available for paying members, although I'm not sure about people who use the free service.
Paying members can report spam as easily as clicking a hyperlink. Forward your email to your Spamcop address and Spamcop intelligently filters the spam from your inbox (using the information reported from both free and paying members) and allows the member to either delete, forward, or report the spam for you at the click of a button. And it's a cheap service! $.50/MB equals less than $15/year for me.
Has anyone tried to confirm this story? It sounds more than suspicious. The user doesn't have a profile, doesn't have any elevated status (which may mean the account has just been created), and he publically released his "attorney's" name and phone number? Sounds more like a prank to me than a cry for help.
Sounds like something they need to incorporate into SpamCop
Remember, it could have been someone else who sent Wired your rant. Someone who adored your post and felt as though it should get more attention could have easily sent Wired a copy.