Saturday, May 21, 2022

Internet

 What people don't understand about any internet service provider is that nobody cares how much or how little you use the service. It's not like water or electricity where you have a finite supply to measure. They only charge you for having it switched on. To them, if the signal is going to the box adjacent to your house, it's on. In fact, unless someone reports an outage in the area, it's on. And they're not required to give money back when it happens. It's not like electricity where you get charged less for not using it.

This is good and bad. If you have your wifi plugged in for months, but can never use it due to the computer being broken, an Ethernet cable being kinked up, or you being in a coma, you will still have internet going to your house, and still owe money for having it on.

No one is big-brothering your usage. They don't have time to see what you do or don't do online, anymore than the water company would stand around watching what goes into your sewer. 

The one exception is premium content, because you pushed, or accidentally pushed a button that said "give me this expensive movie". Other than that, they don't have time to care.

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