Post by Admin on Jan 24, 2014 11:21:11 GMT -5
Cross-posted from Spycam Board:
1/23/14
I wanted to comment on this, in all fairness. K C "can" monitor usage and identify overusage by computers' unique IP address. Yes, he does know that YOUR computer is the one gobbling up megabandwidth by recording movies from "a server"! K C would not know "what server" but would be able to identify where the server was geographically.
If you were on another provider's plan such as Verizon, you would simply be billed for the extra bandwidth consumed or, you would be "throttled" i.e. your bandwidth consumption slowed Waaaaaay down so as not to prohibit others from using a limited resource for email and stuff. In this case, there is a unique situation where the provider is in our backyards, knows us and can pick up the telly and say "Hold UP on the downloading--you're choking my system"!
In both cases, you are monitored and action is taken. It's just that you don't know it until you get a bill from Verizon or they squeeze your speeds down to nothing. And, with K C N, might get a knock on the door if it was wreacking enough havoc!
This actually happened to me after my nephew visited and downloaded the entire cable series of Californication to my spare computer after he heard me say I missed watching it. I was totally unaware of the stress it was placing on K C's bandwidth until BS phoned me and asked what the heck I was doing! I didn't mind the call; it was reasonable for K C to investigate the drain on his system uncharacteristically coming from my house!
K C N has no legal permissions to "snoop" what websites a computer visits or hack into email (except perhaps SLRmail). Doing so would be a very serious criminal act.
1/23/14
However what I feel is an invasion of privacy is that the in Park internet provider who see's what his subscribers are doing and what they are viewing or Downloading is an intrusion on peoples privacy .
I wanted to comment on this, in all fairness. K C "can" monitor usage and identify overusage by computers' unique IP address. Yes, he does know that YOUR computer is the one gobbling up megabandwidth by recording movies from "a server"! K C would not know "what server" but would be able to identify where the server was geographically.
If you were on another provider's plan such as Verizon, you would simply be billed for the extra bandwidth consumed or, you would be "throttled" i.e. your bandwidth consumption slowed Waaaaaay down so as not to prohibit others from using a limited resource for email and stuff. In this case, there is a unique situation where the provider is in our backyards, knows us and can pick up the telly and say "Hold UP on the downloading--you're choking my system"!
In both cases, you are monitored and action is taken. It's just that you don't know it until you get a bill from Verizon or they squeeze your speeds down to nothing. And, with K C N, might get a knock on the door if it was wreacking enough havoc!
This actually happened to me after my nephew visited and downloaded the entire cable series of Californication to my spare computer after he heard me say I missed watching it. I was totally unaware of the stress it was placing on K C's bandwidth until BS phoned me and asked what the heck I was doing! I didn't mind the call; it was reasonable for K C to investigate the drain on his system uncharacteristically coming from my house!
K C N has no legal permissions to "snoop" what websites a computer visits or hack into email (except perhaps SLRmail). Doing so would be a very serious criminal act.