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Hmmm, smells like a little of vendor knows more than the customer again. I love it when hardware vendors tell service providers how to make money/run the business. /Dee "Stephen Sprunk" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thus spake "Steven J. Sobol" <[email protected]> > > On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Greg Pendergrass wrote: > > > It doesn't make sense that an ISP should complain that customers use > 100% of > > > what they pay for. > > > > So you think that dialup users should be allowed to stay online 24/7 for > > $20/month on an account advertised as unlimited? > > If the ISP sells "unlimited" access, then customers have every right to use > it without limit. > > If the ISP places restrictions on what access is allowed and/or how long, > then it is no longer an unlimited service, and it would be fraud to market > it as such. > > ISPs count on customers not using all of what is sold to them; if they turn > out to be wrong, that is a part of the risk they took. > > S
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