Re: Some Kudos for Dell

"Leythos" <void@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:MPG.1d65779cf90bb2ee989b6e@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <1123788704_8099@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Dugdug56
> @what.com says...
> > Basically it is NOT a in a companies pervue to tell me how I can use the
> > product I bought from them, It is MY responsibility to know how to use
> > it, when to use it and why. NO ONE ELSES.
>
> Sorry, now you're way off. You didn't buy a product from them. You are
> leasing time on THEIR network and you already agreed to ANY rules they
> want to make at any time - provided your using one of the big 1000 ISP's
> in the US.

With most ISPs in the USA, you're leasing access and services on their
network with access to the internet.

> This ISP is responsible to its customers to ensure that your actions
> don't impact their use of the shared COMPANY network and to the
> community that your use doesn't impact the internet community.

The ISP is responsible for ensuring the availability of said services.
Most have established procedures to protect the network and it's access.
Beyond that there is a limit to the protection they are willing to offer to
individual end user systems due to cost and liability. I've worked at a
number of ISPs, network services companies and computer shops. In the end
cost and liability trumps all else.

KC


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