Conversation with Rogers

[Dave Cramer]

So then the real way to get these guys is with misleading adv. This is not
the first time they have done it, and they have had their hands slapped
before.

Dave Cramer


On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Michael MacLeod <mikemacleod-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>wrote:

> Is it possible to go over you 60GB cap with the old modem and hit 80GB of
> data in a month? I suspect it is. And I highly doubt Rogers is doing
> compression - it's cheaper to just increase the size of the pipe than to
> throw compute for the purposes of compression at the problem.
>
> This is just a money grab, and a reminder of why I'm with TekSavvy.
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Dave Cramer <davecramer-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
>> Regarding their requirement for a modem. I have two thoughts.
>>
>> 1) It may be possible they they are compressing data.... and the modem
>> really is part of the compression.
>>  2) if the above isn't true then the way to go after them is for
>> misleading advertising. They are saying you get 80G for the same price, but
>> have to buy a modem for more money
>>
>> Dave Cramer
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 7:44 AM, James Knott <james.knott-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org>wrote:
>>
>>> William Park wrote:
>>>
>>>> Which mailer (sendmail or postfix) are you using, and how did you set it
>>>> up to use SSL/TLS?  I'm using Yahoo as mail relay (SMART_HOST in
>>>> sendmail) using port 25.  But, not sure how long they are going to keep
>>>> that open.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I use Seamonkey for email and also use fetchmail to download my incoming
>>> mail to my own imap server.  I use the Yahoo SMTP server for outgoing.
>>>  Yahoo supports ports 487, IIRC, as a replacement for 25 and 465 for smtp
>>> on SSL/TLS.  The same ports work for Rogers, but you'll get a name mismatch
>>> on the digital certificates.
>>>
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