Perhaps we should balance that against what a subscriber might pay for bandwidth while away from home, especially in Europe. On Dec 11, 2014 6:35 PM, "Larry Sheldon" <larryshel...@cox.net> wrote:
> On 12/11/2014 16:29, Jay Ashworth wrote: > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >>> From: "Larry Sheldon" <larryshel...@cox.net> >>> >> >> On 12/11/2014 07:10, William Herrin wrote: >>> >>> What Comcast is stealing is electricity. Pennies per customer times >>>> a boatload of customers. >>>> >>> >>> .....and floorspace, physical security, air conditioning, and all >>> sorts of labor overheads. >>> >> >> Nope; at that stage, Larry, you're makin it up. >> >> In the particular case we're talking about here, Comcast -- who are not my >> favorite people by any means -- have *enabled a feature built into the >> terminal device they're provisioning*. It *might* increase the overall >> power consumption of that device by as much as 5-10 Wh/*month*. The >> increase in A/C won't register on the chart. Physical security is no >> different >> than it was otherwise: none. And floorspace and labor? It is, as they >> say, >> to laugh. >> >> If we want to diss Comcast, let us not descend to things they *are not* >> doing; >> there are plenty of dissable things they *are* doing. >> > > Do me a favor and re-write your message from the standpoint of what the > "provider" would have to pay for if they were not extorting the customers. > You don't need to respond unless that changes your thinking. > > -- > The unique Characteristics of System Administrators: > > The fact that they are infallible; and, > > The fact that they learn from their mistakes. > > > Quis custodiet ipsos custodes >
