Fucking 15cents a meg

[Bouncer]

Prodigy haha.

Compuserve!

that was when the internet wasnt really open. it was more like Compuserve or AOL's version of the internet. lol

[Shibby]

It was such a pain in the ass to look at porn then.

[NewbieChris]

Does anyone remember when you didn't have to pay for dial up with Net Zero? Now that was crazy.

[Bouncer]

Does anyone remember when you didn't have to pay for dial up with Net Zero? Now that was crazy.

i remember the commercials. i never had it though. i first got the internet when we got our first computer in 1999. my mom gave it to me for christmas. it was a pentium 3 900mhz packerd bell. we got online with Compuserve. i still remember the noise from the modem and the "you have mail" once you logged in. i kinda miss those days for some reason lol.

[FitnessBrat]

Compuserve!

that was when the internet was really open. it was more like Compuserve or AOL's version of the internet. lol

Ahaha, it was literally like one big chatroom for the whole internet.

[Bouncer]

Ahaha, it was literally like one big chatroom for the whole internet.

i bet aol and compuserve were pissed when they lost total control. lol. they made some big bucks back then.

now google runs the internet.

[blm]

From what I understand Comcast wants to move to a usage system as well. That would just be ridiculous.

Comcast just got busted for bandwidth shaping. They were monitoring peoples usage and limiting their bandwidth if they were using too much.

[Bouncer]

Comcast just got busted for bandwidth shaping. They were monitoring peoples usage and limiting their bandwidth if they were using too much.

when you say busted do you mean they got in trouble or just caught?

[NYCmitch25]

I just recieved an email from my provider telling me i have exceeded my monthly usage and am now being charged at 15 cents per meg!!! I figured out from now to my billing date i will be up for a $2000 bill if i keep using. What a fucking joke. I'm gona can these assholes.

i guess it sucks having an online porn fetish :)

seriously those prices are crimminal

[blm]

when you say busted do you mean they got in trouble or just caught?

They just got caught but I believe they are being investigated by the FCC. I'll have to pull up the old article and see...I forget the details.

[redback]

i guess it sucks having an online porn fetish :)

seriously those prices are crimminal

Ya ...porn is good!

I can understand to an extent if they wna charge excess usage fees (even tho more providers here now are scraping them) but to charge 15 cents a meg is crimminal like you say. On average i only use between 100-200meg a day which is nothing. I bet some of you gamers would laugh at that. Imagine what you guys would be paying on 15cents a meg.