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Old 08-04-2004, 12:57 AM
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Well, I used to host vids....but look what my buddy got in his email box....

"Dear xxxxx,

Our check of your bandwidth usage for the month of july, shows that your account
is 1438.57 gigabytes over the limit set for your account (limit for silver plan
is 40 gigabytes)

Your choice is to pay the charges for the above mentioned bandwith usage --
which would be $8631.42, or close your account

You have 48 hours to respond to this email or you account will be closed


Regards"


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damn $8k
Old 08-04-2004, 02:24 AM
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damn, what ISP do you guys use? that sux that they have a bandwidth limit
Old 08-04-2004, 02:31 AM
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close it NOW!
Old 08-04-2004, 02:53 AM
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easy choice: pay 8K or close? I wonder which one to choose.
Old 08-04-2004, 03:49 AM
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theres no way it can be 8 grand for 40 gigs i mean that is alot but 8 grand ...comeon
Old 08-04-2004, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Frans96SS
theres no way it can be 8 grand for 40 gigs i mean that is alot but 8 grand ...comeon
Reread it. They want to charge him $8631.42 for using 1438.57 gigabytes. He is allowed 40 gigs.
Old 08-04-2004, 09:08 AM
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Thats crazy, oh well at least they are not trying to charge you
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I agrea he is getting of easy by not being forced to pay
Old 08-04-2004, 10:14 AM
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i doubt they'll let him off, the probaly mean "close the account, pay and leave our service"
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Just got another email from him this morning. He isn't going to pay them and they aren't going to close the account. Lets see what happens.
Old 08-04-2004, 05:57 PM
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Good luck with that man, let us know how it ends.
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sounds like a cell phone bill lol, once you go over they bend ya over, that sucks man but if they gave you the option to close and walk away thats what id do
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Originally Posted by badpewter-z
sounds like a cell phone bill lol, once you go over they bend ya over, that sucks man but if they gave you the option to close and walk away thats what id do
Thats what I told him?!?
Old 08-04-2004, 11:33 PM
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This happened to a guy on a mustang board not too long ago. Ouch.
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That's pretty scary
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download some vaseline while you are at it
thats friggin nuts
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thats why i always choose a cutoff with webhosts
if i max out, shut 'er down
Old 08-06-2004, 02:50 PM
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The reply to that email should read: F*** YOU, CLOSE IT!!!
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DAMN your serious..... that sucks to be him......



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