Re: [cobalt-users] (no subject)

["Dylan Smith" <dyls@xxxxxxx>]

> At 4/25/01 09:39 AM -0500, you wrote:
> >I went for their RaQ2 which is only $70 a month with 150GB (IIRC,
> >certainly more bandwitdth than I can use!).
>
> You wanna try explaining to me how anyone can give you "real" 150GB of
> transfer per month for $70? This is equivalent to almost half-a-megabit
per
> second, 24/7, every second of the month... for $70.

They are probably betting that few users use more than a small amount of
bandwidth. They also offer 300MB space with a regular dialup account - they
are probably banking on the fact that most of their dialup users aren't
interested in web space.

> Read your terms of use carefully. Betcha you were just so dazzled by the
> number you just haven't fully understood how it works.

I have read the terms of service carefully. I *do* fully understand how it
works. If I do (ha ha!) find myself using 150GB of transfer and they whine,
I will point to their terms of service. With a lawyer. But it's unlikely
that a CobaltRaQ2 with an 8GB disk can even *generate* that much traffic
(short of a DOS attack).