You also pay for the Voicemail that this perpetrator might leave 50,000 short, but still there messages that you need to now clear out, using your minutes. I didn't say it was EXACTLY the same...just a close analogy.
This comes down to when you sign that contract for your bandwidth...READ it.
As I am in the US, I guess I often take for granted that this is understood. I didn't realize people outside the US didn't have to pay for minutes and such, but if they don't, then yes, the US is the one I refer to.
Although I would ahte to pay for it, I would expect to have to pay for the bandwidth, and hope I had insurance for it, and would hope the FBI apprehends for the crime so I can sue for my lost money and then some.
Actually, you have helped my point then. Hacking and spamming and ping-flooding a person is ALSO a federal Crime, for which the FBI will investigate and try to apprehend. And like the Phone Company, the perpetrator across the Internet ALSO leaves tons of clues as to their whereabouts (IP, MAC address, etc) and can be tracked via these. Yes, they too can be masked and faked if the person is smart enough to do so, and resourceful enough to hide it well. People calling on phones have the same resources.
This is just plain wrong and NOT applicable. What this is analogous to is you blaming the Phone company because you get crank callers in the middle of the night. You certainly didn't ask for the calls, but you can't charge the phone company for it. If your phone is a number that is pay-per-call, incoming or not (like a cell phone where you use your minutes regardless), the phone company is not responsible...you are. If you don't answer the phone, you don't get charged.
With incoming traffic...the CUSTOMER should look into insurance on their business. Most business insurance convers hacker attacks. The ISP is just the medium, not the source of the problem.
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You also pay for the Voicemail that this perpetrator might leave 50,000 short, but still there messages that you need to now clear out, using your minutes. I didn't say it was EXACTLY the same...just a close analogy. This comes down to when you sign that contract for your bandwidth...READ it.
As I am in the US, I guess I often take for granted that this is understood. I didn't realize people outside the US didn't have to pay for minutes and such, but if they don't, then yes, the US is the one I refer to. Although I would ahte to pay for it, I would expect to have to pay for the bandwidth, and hope I had insurance for it, and would hope the FBI apprehends for the crime so I can sue for my lost money and then some.
Actually, you have helped my point then. Hacking and spamming and ping-flooding a person is ALSO a federal Crime, for which the FBI will investigate and try to apprehend. And like the Phone Company, the perpetrator across the Internet ALSO leaves tons of clues as to their whereabouts (IP, MAC address, etc) and can be tracked via these. Yes, they too can be masked and faked if the person is smart enough to do so, and resourceful enough to hide it well. People calling on phones have the same resources.
This is just plain wrong and NOT applicable. What this is analogous to is you blaming the Phone company because you get crank callers in the middle of the night. You certainly didn't ask for the calls, but you can't charge the phone company for it. If your phone is a number that is pay-per-call, incoming or not (like a cell phone where you use your minutes regardless), the phone company is not responsible...you are. If you don't answer the phone, you don't get charged.
With incoming traffic...the CUSTOMER should look into insurance on their business. Most business insurance convers hacker attacks. The ISP is just the medium, not the source of the problem.