"I know that I usually pass the two and three gigabyte limits many providers are enforcing with my cable modem..."
what sort of time frame are you given that restriction for? is it on a per day basis?
I imagine most ISP's care a lot less about downlink bandwidth usage compared to uplink... using P2P apps with full sharing enabled is probably what is triggering most of these letters.
since the junk posts are moderated to -1, and most people read comments that are only moderated +1 or higher, it's not that big of a problem. it is a pretty stupid thing for people to do though, but don't let it discourage you!! A lot of people are very impressed with the work your team has put into this!!
I'd just like to congratulate the JPL team for the success up to this point with the Spirit mission! Also thanks to JPL-Jeff and the others on #maestro who have been keeping us up to date with all of the latest news.
Some of the channel regulars are responsible for setting up the FAQ which should be one of the first stops if you have questions about Maestro.
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what sort of time frame are you given that restriction for? is it on a per day basis?
I imagine most ISP's care a lot less about downlink bandwidth usage compared to uplink... using P2P apps with full sharing enabled is probably what is triggering most of these letters.
since the junk posts are moderated to -1, and most people read comments that are only moderated +1 or higher, it's not that big of a problem. it is a pretty stupid thing for people to do though, but don't let it discourage you!! A lot of people are very impressed with the work your team has put into this!!
mars.telascience.org is the webserver, not the irc server.
Some of the channel regulars are responsible for setting up the FAQ which should be one of the first stops if you have questions about Maestro.