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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Matthew Gillen wrote: > jkinz-+hffLmS/kj4 at public.gmane.org wrote: >> It is clear that comcast/(all ISP's) cannot afford to sell >> residential services if customers can effectively "resell" >> (or give away) those same "services" to others. > > I don't buy this either. They can always undersell you, since they are the > upstream provider. And it's infeasible for Joe Random customer to "resell" > the service in any way other than dial-up. (hopeful monopoly-busting note for > future: perhaps one of WiMax or the new "White Space" the FCC freed up will > become a game-changer on this front. One can only hope). > Not strictly true, in that if you set up a WAP you and your neighbors can share the same connection and split the bill. Comcast would effectively lose out on at least one subscription that way. You might also provide a filtered email service, bypassing the ISP's email, and/or web space. From what I can recall, if you use their web space and go over their quota you pay them extra $$; they would rather make sure they get the money and not you. -Don -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFJLY472eQWgVKt880RAhOmAKCI1XRzuI7j1fe4nM2qaoksd6cGFgCfWHeq MZTsM9ZuiVMPwtcoExNLpZA= =DAU2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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