Re: Comcast thinks it ok to install public wifi in your house
On 12/11/2014 07:10, William Herrin wrote:
What Comcast is stealing is electricity. Pennies per customer times a boatload of customers.
.....and floorspace, physical security, air conditioning, and all sorts of labor overheads. -- The unique Characteristics of System Administrators: The fact that they are infallible; and, The fact that they learn from their mistakes. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes
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From: "Larry Sheldon" <larrysheldon@cox.net>
On 12/11/2014 07:10, William Herrin wrote:
What Comcast is stealing is electricity. Pennies per customer times a boatload of customers.
.....and floorspace, physical security, air conditioning, and all sorts of labor overheads.
Nope; at that stage, Larry, you're makin it up. In the particular case we're talking about here, Comcast -- who are not my favorite people by any means -- have *enabled a feature built into the terminal device they're provisioning*. It *might* increase the overall power consumption of that device by as much as 5-10 Wh/*month*. The increase in A/C won't register on the chart. Physical security is no different than it was otherwise: none. And floorspace and labor? It is, as they say, to laugh. If we want to diss Comcast, let us not descend to things they *are not* doing; there are plenty of dissable things they *are* doing. Cheers, -- jr 'credibility: it matters' a -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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