[sllug-members]: Comcast has problems

[Allen Parker]

On 1/22/07, Josh Coates <jcoates at archive.org> wrote:
> >I find your response out of line.
>
> i don't understand why.  using a few GB per month seems perfectly normal to
> me.
>
> using 250GB per month means you are either doing something illegal or
> stupid.
>
> in this case, sentinel is in the latter category (nothing personal) for
> letting his computer get taken over for a month by some irc virus.
>
> -josh

I'll be using >300GB this month on comcast, since I'm doing full disk
backups of 2 machines prior to moving service providers. Does that
mean that backing up my data is 'stupid' ? If you've got an opinion on
another user's usage patterns, I'm thinking you should keep them to
yourself unless your entire point is to be a troll. If your purpose
*is* to be a troll, your bridge is thattaway.

Here's a couple perfectly legit ways to download 250GB/mo:
Remote mysql binlogging
Keeping a cluster of freebsd/debian/gentoo/redhat/whatever machines up to date
Running a home-based business where you're hitting windowsupdate on
<250 completely unpatched machines every month
Giving free wifi to your neighbors
... And I'm sure there's many more.

Just because you can't comprehend that there might be valid reasons
for other people to download massive amounts of data doesn't mean that
there isn't, so please, leave your opinion at the door if you don't
really know what you're talking about.

Allen Parker