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funkcicle · 01-20-05, 07:11 PM

Kind of dodgy that they would charge a monthly fee for that service, considering they use YOUR resources to deliver this service(your internet connection, your media).. I understand a software license fee, but MONTHLY? That's akin to the crooks at RoadRunner who charge $5 a month extra for additional computers on your HOME network(internal IP addresses, NOT unique IPs for each computer), preying on the people who don't know how to configure their own networking.

But I guess that's a valid market in the computer industry-- marketing a "simple" way to do something to those who don't want to/don't know how to do it "the normal way".

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funkcicle Aximsite Prospect DAP Site StaffDAP Site StaffDAP Site Reviewer Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northeast US, Australia soon! Posts: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Kind of dodgy that they would charge a monthly fee for that service, considering they use YOUR resources to deliver this service(your internet connection, your media).. I understand a software license fee, but MONTHLY? That's akin to the crooks at RoadRunner who charge $5 a month extra for additional computers on your HOME network(internal IP addresses, NOT unique IPs for each computer), preying on the people who don't know how to configure their own networking. But I guess that's a valid market in the computer industry-- marketing a "simple" way to do something to those who don't want to/don't know how to do it "the normal way".