[NCLUG] AUP, DHCP, and AT&T

dmiles dmiles at holly.colostate.edu
Mon Dec 10 11:25:20 MST 2001


are there different speed packages?

'cause my upload is at 14kbps and you guys keep talking about it being much higher...

On Mon, 10 Dec 2001 11:12:51 -0700, Matt Pujol <mattp at lsil.com>  wrote:
> >From what I can glean from the various press reports on the Heroic Effort by
> ATTBI, they're grand plan is to beat more money out of you in the next
> couple of months.  Along with eliminating your static IP, they've also cut
> your upload connection by a factor of 3.  In the next couple of months, in
> an effort to better serve you, they will offer you to give them $20 or $30 a
> month for enhanced service - such as a static IP (say for $10/month) and
> enhanced upload speeds (for another $20/month they'll put you back at
> 384kps).
> 
> ATTBI is cash flow poor right now and they're trying their best to offload
> the whole affair to whomever will pay for it.  Look for Microsoft to end up
> owning a huge chunk of your cable provider in the near future.  Also, expect
> to change your email to @msn.com as well.
> 
> Just my personal opinion.
> 
> Matt
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nclug-admin at nclug.org [mailto:nclug-admin at nclug.org]On Behalf Of
> Matthew Wilcox
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 11:00 AM
> To: nclug at nclug.org
> Subject: Re: [NCLUG] AUP, DHCP, and AT&T
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 05:57:25PM +0000, dmiles wrote:
> > they don't *want* you finding your machine from remote locations, they
> don't want you having servers of any kind.
> >
> > Why, I don't know but that's what they'll tell you
> 
> because if you're running a server, then clearly you're running a business.
> 
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