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BCSTech
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Registered: 4-16-2006
Location: Todos Santos, BCS / Placerville, CA.
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Short thread hijack to follow...
At a minimum, everyone should be running current AntiVirus software but so many people don't (long rant here).
I've been using Microsoft's Security Essentials on all my computers for the last year or so. But MSE failed to stop an infected web site that used a Java
exploit to automatically install the Security Tool Virus.
First thing it did was to turn off MSE and change my desktop. I had a heck of a time getting it out. Would not let me into Windows Task Manager. Had
to reboot into safe mode and do a system restore.
I then ran StopZilla and it found dozens of viruses missed by MSE, even after a couple of manual, full-system scans. Not saying MSE is bad, and I agree it
can't hurt to install it.
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Russ
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quote from turtleandtoad ,
"Every one of you should be following this Net Neutrality fight. Basically, it's the users against the ISP's and Cell/Mobile Companies. The companies
want to use a 'tier' system to compute rates, control upload/download speeds of select sites, and be able to block access to websites that may compete
or disagree with them."
Here's an article I read where the big hitters, Verizon, are sewing the FCC.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01...
Appears to me the ISP's want to control how much we use their services and the content allowed. Viva! Freedom of the air waves!
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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MrBillM
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Who Want WHAT ?
I Think what the ISPs want is to make a PROFIT.
And, I trust the profit motive a whole lot more than I do the Government's motives.
While I would agree that there should be no content discrimination, I also believe that the ISPs have a right to charge fairly for VOLUME of usage.
As someone who averages about 40 MB per day of usage, I resent the idea that I may have to pay for someone else who uses significantly more. There is
NO reason for me (or anyone else) to subsidize the viewing choices of others.
I WELCOME Fair-Market Volume-based pricing.
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Bajajorge
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Hughesnet works fine if all you do is Email and just look at web pages without any downloads. Start downloading and Hughesnet puts the brakes on you
for 24 hours. I downloaded a large Garmin upgrade for my GPS, Hughesnet put the brakes on big time. Same thing with TurboTax or any YouTube. I live in
a place where Hughesnet is the only service with any type speed, so I just gotta live with it.
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FYI, That's "What The FAP" ?
After Six years, I've received my First FAP Slap from Hughes and it leaves more questions than answers.
Not being one who normally downloads much, I've never come close to the 200MB limit at the low end.
However, I needed to renew a McAfee subscription. File turned out to be 125MB. My usage prior to the download was under 10MB so "No Problema".
HAH !
Halfway through the download, it slowed to ZIP and checking the Stats, I found that the FAP had been invoked although MY Bandwidth meter said that a
total of 94MB had been used.
Deciding to simply wait until reset ayer, I once again downloaded the file. As usual, I noticed that it started out at a respectable rate (80K+), but
tapered off as time went on, finishing at around 25K. It did finish, however, and the MOST interesting thing was that MY Bandwidth meter read a total
of 143MB usage since reset, but Hughes read 128 so theirs was less than mine. So much for the thought that they were reading higher.
I've been fielding questions from other Hughes Subscribers in the last few months regarding the FAP situation, but had no answers because I'd never
experienced it. Now that I have, I still haven't got a clue and my experience has been that you don't ever really get a straight answer from the
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