And one last URL for this issue that actually sounds reasonable:

http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2010-November/028387.html

Summary: Level3 wants to be a CDN but also charge Comcast for the additional traffic it will incur due to Level3 winning the Netflix contract. Unlike other CDNs, notably Akamai, Level3 doesn't want to delivery the content to the customer network without charge. They expect to charge both Netflix for CDN services and Comcast for bandwidth used to delivery content on their CDN.

Is that it? Seems reasonable...

And that is manipulation too! Man, turtles all the way down on this issue.

Although now wonder if we're being manipulated:

Level 3 outbid Akamai on Netflix by reselling stolen bandwidth
http://www.digitalsociety.org/2010/11/level-3-outbid-akamai-on-netflix-by-reselling-stolen-bandwidth/

This combined with the fact that recently Netflix streaming sometimes goes intermittent (and isn't an issue claimed by Netflix as service-wide) makes me really want to dump Comcast. I just signed up though and my options are pathetic for "better speeds than DSL" providers.

Have you tried adding your work address to your credit card account? Call them up and ask to add an address as a valid shipping option. Should work and should get approved via NewEgg without needing to do anything special at NewEgg or other sites once the address is on the account for the credit card.

Actually, I was with EditDNS not DynDNS and EditDNS switched to a paid-only model. I do have an account at DynDNS but I was just using the dynamic features. Apologies to DynDNS. The $5/month fee at EditDNS was too steep for a non-critical playground.

I'm with you... It is hard to get too negative considering it's free however I switched from DynDNS to EveryDNS a couple months ago because staying at DynDNS was going to cost money. Maybe Google DNS will start offering free hosting of zones.

Here in the US the email offers to buy free beers at a local bar after work.

Will the demand for stem cells create an industry of fat cell harvesters based on offering free liposuction? Oh, and to add a proper /. comment to this: Finally, America will no longer be the butt of all fat jokes.