Comment ...and by "taps," you mean... (Score 1) 587
The headline *really* implies that Hopey Changey is in bed with them.
The headline *really* implies that Hopey Changey is in bed with them.
That's exactly my experience and plan, except I'm getting itchy to stick it to Time Warner, and leave early, or call customer service and see if there's any wiggle room, and what the pricing options are for their business tier.
But certainly, having an ISP AUP that condones running a server at the end of their wire makes me sleep a little better at night.
The local DSL provider in Rochester, Frontier, offers business class service for $69/month with two year contract. Includes one static IP, a no-bullshit AUP, 3mbit down/640kbit up. Price is $89/month with no contract.
I'm not a schill; Just went through the annoyance this afternoon of calling around to find a new ISP. I have a PC at my parents house in Rochester that I rsync to (geographical redundancy is your friend), and I often push 100GB/month of data. Yes it's legal, I'm a professional photographer. No, it's not porn.
Or another option, throttle the bandwidth of "abusers", and be very open and transparent about it. Give users a control panel to their month usage, and show how much more data they can download/upload before they begin to get throttled.
Offer tiered pricing for more data transfer that doesn't get throttled. It's a win for consumers who don't feel nickle and dime'd, it's a win for the ISP's that are claiming poverty (even though TWC's profits are up).
Indeed... I was able to contact the ISS twice using low power (10 watts) and a simple vertical antenna. This is hardly newsworthy, as any Amateur Radio operator with a 2 meter radio (they start at $100) and a small vertical antenna can make contact, with a little luck.
Audio from my contact and others, as well as digital stills received from the ISS are at my website: http://mikewren.com/iss-21oct08
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