Legality: Was Comcast/etc....

[Aaron]

> On Fri, Jan ,  at 01:22:06PM -0600, Marvin Bellamy wrote:
> > I think that there's a case here.  Comcast provides a service to a
> > point, your modem.  After that, it's yours to use.  If I split my phone
> > line (not a separate jack), and and run a line to my kitchen, SWB can't
> > charge me.  The service is the same.  The difference being SWB service
> > is based on a static account; Comcast is bandwidth.  If I have problems
> > with my ISP, I WILL take this court.  It's just like SWB/DSL capping
> > mail server and newsgroup bandwidth and reselling that bandwidth to
> > other customers.

Caping services is one thing.  I'll use my steak again.  Because it's lunch
time and I'm hungry.

If I have a 12oz steak (mmmmm...) and say you can only eat 6oz of it...and
then charge you for 6oz. that's different then if I sell you a 12oz steak,
charging you the 12oz price and then say, "Well, you can only eat 6oz of it.
When we sold you the 12oz, we actually though you were only going to eat
half of it and then we could resell the other half to someone else at the
12oz price again... sorry..."

Maybe we should all call the cable company and say. Um... I only used my
connection for 10 hours this month... I'd like a you to take the other 710
hours off my bill.  Or better yet, and more to the point of the whole thread
:::  "I only used an average of 200K/sec of transfer this month.  I'd like a
credit for the 1Mbit I didn't use."

Aaron