Re: @home shuts down!
- From: Hunter <hunters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: technocracy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Dec 101 14:14:26 -0500 (EST)
> Sorry to anyone on the list who has a cable modem, but there's such a
> silver lining to this cloud...
>
> @home is shutting down, as everyone knows, and with them goes 45% of the
> US's cable modem users. These are the people that thought they were cool
> when they bought into an inferior technology. These are the people that
Inferior to what? Leased lines?
> buy full-time internet access without understanding the security
> implications. These are the people that helped to propogate stupid IIS
> worms that filled my apache logs. These are the people that saturate
> POP's with useless crap (spam included), thus slowing down everyone else's
> inet throughput.
>
> So tomorrow, things will be better. I'll have up to 45% faster net
> access, up to 45% fewer worming attempts, and up to 45% less spam.
Hate to rain on the parade, but I'm proof that the network is still up. I'm
currently telneting out using a Cable modem and @Home... ;)
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Steven Hunter | hunters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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