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Re: anybody else been spammed by "no-ip.com" yet?

  • From: Steven J. Sobol
  • Date: Sat May 04 23:35:34 2002 
On Fri, 3 May 2002, Gregory Hicks wrote:

> > money. Today with flat rate access and many people not paying on a per 
> > packet basis it seems to me that the responsibility lies with the end 
> > user to filter properly and or dress that delete key.  I always shut 
> [...snip...]
> 
> The problem with this is that, yes, to the END USER, there is no direct
> cost involved.
> 
> However, in order to maintain the same level of service, the ISP is
> forced to go get a bigger pipe and/or bigger, faster routers and/or
> servers.  (Raises prices a bit per account)

Yes, I've always said that the costs MUST be looked at in the aggregate.
 
> In all of this, the bozo (well..., 'user' really)

no, 'bozo' is appropriate.

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