Are you fregging kidding me? I pay Comcast 62 bucks a month to provide me IP service to my home. I pay them to get my packets from point A to B. Nothing more, nothing less.
"Packets don't magically wing their way across the globe, you know." No they sure don't, but i bet that ~$50/month people pay for broadband sure does help. So you're saying that because someone designed something that costs less (VOIP vs. pots) and company ABC is losing money because they can't compete so they're going to charge MORE for the services that they just so happen to have a complete monopoly on. Hrm. Sounds like a tough one to me.
Here's a solution. Don't charge me $46/month for a BASIC pots line with caller-id. If it was $25 i most likely never would have switched to Vonage. I have NO sorrow for Verizon/etc for their price gouging on everything under the sun.
Please! Get off your high horse. I'm 28 years old. I play and have played every GTA game since GTA2 way back when. I have no desire to go shoot some people and carjack and rob and rape etc etc etc.
How is RockStar operating immorally? By producing a game that is labeled for adults only and parents rush out and buy it for their kids? That's rockstar's fault?
You need to come to grips with reality my friend.
Ahh but herein lies the problem. As a previous employee of an ISP we'd be willing to bend over backwards to make a customer happy. This means NOT turning off their access when we detected a worm/trojan etc. Sure, we would null route their IP's if they were partaking in a DDOS or something, but a simple virus we'd *help* them by informing them. You don't make money in this world by shutting people off. I for one say null route them, but you have to think of it from a reality standpoint (Regardless of how askew that standpoint may be).
Do you even HAVE Vonage? If not STFU until you do. Here is an email you get when you first sign up AND when you change/transfer your number:
Thank you for requesting 911 Dialing for phone number 1-(xxx)-xxx-xxxx. Please read the following information carefully.
DIALING 911 IS NOT YET ACTIVATED ON YOUR PHONE LINE. THIS PROCESS MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT DIAL 911 FROM THIS PHONE LINE UNTIL YOU GET A CONFIRMATION EMAIL FROM US.
Please review these steps to better understand how Vonage 's Dialing 911 feature works.
. Using the information you provided, we will map your address and telephone number to your area's nearest Public Safety Answering Point ("PSAP").
. This process will be completed within several days.
. We will email you a CONFIRMATION LETTER as soon as the 911 Dialing feature has been activated for 1-(856)-652-9136. (Note that if you have multiple Vonage numbers you MUST activate 911 Dialing for each number separately.)
. When you dial 911 from your Vonage phone, your call is routed from the Vonage network over the Public Switch Telephone Network ("PSTN") to your PSAP's general number, where a trained professional will provide you with assistance.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT 911 DIALING IS DIFFERENT THAN TRADITIONAL 911. We encourage you to login to your Vonage account and click on Features in your Account Dashboard to learn more.
Please contact us by:
Email: customercare@vonage.com
Toll Free Phone: 1-VONAGE-HELP (1-866-243-4357)
Fax: 1732-333-1353
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Thank You.
Vonage Customer Care
He's using BitTorrent. Granted he's only sending bits and peices of anything he's downloading but to some extent he's HAD to have sent a complete album. Doesn't make any sense that he can say he NEVER shares with ANYONE and doesn't even let his kids put his music on their *cough* fag *cough* pods.
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Are you fregging kidding me? I pay Comcast 62 bucks a month to provide me IP service to my home. I pay them to get my packets from point A to B. Nothing more, nothing less.
"Packets don't magically wing their way across the globe, you know." No they sure don't, but i bet that ~$50/month people pay for broadband sure does help. So you're saying that because someone designed something that costs less (VOIP vs. pots) and company ABC is losing money because they can't compete so they're going to charge MORE for the services that they just so happen to have a complete monopoly on. Hrm. Sounds like a tough one to me.
Here's a solution. Don't charge me $46/month for a BASIC pots line with caller-id. If it was $25 i most likely never would have switched to Vonage. I have NO sorrow for Verizon/etc for their price gouging on everything under the sun.
Who needs parents when you have the New York Attorney General on your side!! WooT!
Please! Get off your high horse. I'm 28 years old. I play and have played every GTA game since GTA2 way back when. I have no desire to go shoot some people and carjack and rob and rape etc etc etc. How is RockStar operating immorally? By producing a game that is labeled for adults only and parents rush out and buy it for their kids? That's rockstar's fault? You need to come to grips with reality my friend.
Whoa.. you mean AOL isn't the internet? Shit!
Obviously you've never ran an ISP. 5 pissed off customer (And i'm not talking dialup, i'm talking DS1 and higher type) equals a lot of bad press.
Ahh but herein lies the problem. As a previous employee of an ISP we'd be willing to bend over backwards to make a customer happy. This means NOT turning off their access when we detected a worm/trojan etc. Sure, we would null route their IP's if they were partaking in a DDOS or something, but a simple virus we'd *help* them by informing them. You don't make money in this world by shutting people off. I for one say null route them, but you have to think of it from a reality standpoint (Regardless of how askew that standpoint may be).
*In a familar voice* "You've got new Jail Time!"
In Russia tech workers.. oh the hell with it.
Do you even HAVE Vonage? If not STFU until you do. Here is an email you get when you first sign up AND when you change/transfer your number: Thank you for requesting 911 Dialing for phone number 1-(xxx)-xxx-xxxx. Please read the following information carefully. DIALING 911 IS NOT YET ACTIVATED ON YOUR PHONE LINE. THIS PROCESS MAY TAKE SEVERAL DAYS. DO NOT DIAL 911 FROM THIS PHONE LINE UNTIL YOU GET A CONFIRMATION EMAIL FROM US. Please review these steps to better understand how Vonage 's Dialing 911 feature works. . Using the information you provided, we will map your address and telephone number to your area's nearest Public Safety Answering Point ("PSAP"). . This process will be completed within several days. . We will email you a CONFIRMATION LETTER as soon as the 911 Dialing feature has been activated for 1-(856)-652-9136. (Note that if you have multiple Vonage numbers you MUST activate 911 Dialing for each number separately.) . When you dial 911 from your Vonage phone, your call is routed from the Vonage network over the Public Switch Telephone Network ("PSTN") to your PSAP's general number, where a trained professional will provide you with assistance. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT 911 DIALING IS DIFFERENT THAN TRADITIONAL 911. We encourage you to login to your Vonage account and click on Features in your Account Dashboard to learn more. Please contact us by: Email: customercare@vonage.com Toll Free Phone: 1-VONAGE-HELP (1-866-243-4357) Fax: 1732-333-1353 24 hours a day, 7 days a week Thank You. Vonage Customer Care
You want to split an atom? Fsck it real good, then just simply /. it!
He's using BitTorrent. Granted he's only sending bits and peices of anything he's downloading but to some extent he's HAD to have sent a complete album. Doesn't make any sense that he can say he NEVER shares with ANYONE and doesn't even let his kids put his music on their *cough* fag *cough* pods.