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Author: Bryan O'Neal
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Subject: Re: uncapped bandwidth hosting?
Fight the good fight man.

On 1/7/11, Technomage Hawke <> wrote:
> I did,
> they called the torrent client a server (there is no winning with these
> guys!). I spent over an hour explaining to him and 2 supervisors what a
> server was and why a torrent client didn't qualify. then came the "sharing
> copyrighted content" argument. It took just 10 minutes to prove that this
> wasn't the case. I also mentioned that I am paying for the bandwidth and
> expect to be able to use it to its maximum. besides, their commercials
> promote downloading of music and videos (some of which may actually violate
> their own ToS).
>
> the last supervisor finally told me that he couldn't help. so I asked him to
> pass me along to someone who could. he gave me a number to corporate in
> atlanta.
>
> at this point, I now have it on record that
> 1. I am not violating any ToS
> 2. I am paying for the bandwidth I am supposed to be getting per their
> advertisements
> 3. I need to talk to corporate
> 4. everything got voice recorded on my end.
>
> I am going to call back on monday morning and see what I can do about this.
>
> -Eric
>
> On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:02 AM, Jordan Aberle wrote:
>
>> You should call cox, if the torrent is legal it shouldn't be an issue.
>> You are paying for your bandwidth so...
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 10:00 PM, Brian Weaver <> wrote:
>>> Here is a list of commercial seedbox sites, and there are many others.
>>> Perhaps something like this might work?
>>>
>>> http://filesharefreak.com/2009/01/19/complete-list-of-torrent-seedbox-services-part-ii/
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jan 6, 2011 at 8:59 PM, Technomage Hawke
>>> <> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> is there anyone in the valley that can offer an uncapped fat pipe for
>>>> hosting a seedbed? I am starting to look at this as an alternative. it
>>>> seems
>>>> cox doesn't like me seeding a torrent (even if it is legal). They sent
>>>> me a
>>>> bitch letter about a possible ToS violation. Something cheap per month
>>>> and I
>>>> provide the box.
>>>>
>>>> -Eric
>>>>
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