My ISP is a local cable company, I was afraid that they would just bend over and drop trow whenever a media owner contacted them regarding a pirate user...
But I recently found out that they don't police their own network at ALL, nor do they cooperate with rights holders. All they will do is send the user an email basically equating to: "ppsssst. I think they may be on to you..."
@bpapa9013: That's the kind of company I'd be glad to have for internet! There wouldn't be grumbling like there is now when it comes time to pay Comcast. In my area Adelphia used to be hands off and very fast. Unfortunately, Comcast bought them out, shut down the local offices, restricted ports, raised rates, and reduced speeds.
@BigDragon: Yeah they have really good customer service and a nearly cutting edge network that covers all of the city they are mainly based in. My current package is ~$50/mo for 21Mb with a 60GB monthly cap (but they are really lenient on overages, you have to go like 10GB over before they charge you, and its only $1/GB, plus you can extend your cap by pre-paying $0.50/GB).
Sh!t I feel like they should be paying me...
So to offset my shilling above, the only creepy thing about them is that the same company owns them (the cable/internet/phone co.) AND the local newspaper AND the only local TV channel/studio. So we have our own home-grown media monopoly (boo)...
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is this some new Zombie RIAA?
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and what exactly do you call it when a customer is only given one option for internet service?????
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But I recently found out that they don't police their own network at ALL, nor do they cooperate with rights holders. All they will do is send the user an email basically equating to: "ppsssst. I think they may be on to you..."
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When I say local I mean like "4 counties local".
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Sh!t I feel like they should be paying me...
So to offset my shilling above, the only creepy thing about them is that the same company owns them (the cable/internet/phone co.) AND the local newspaper AND the only local TV channel/studio. So we have our own home-grown media monopoly (boo)...