Found a bug in my metered nntp provider.

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iwearnosox

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Interesting, I've downloaded 20gb on a 6gb account. Apparently I've discovered a glitch in their metering. Life is good.

No, I'm not sharing. Don't PM me or I'll add you to the nambla email list.
 
Aves

Aves

Lifer
Feb 7, 2001
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I don't know if I would tell them but I do know I wouldn't spread it around.
 
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Kevin

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Yet if your 6gb account was maxxing out at 4gb, you'd be here crying...
 
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iwearnosox

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Originally posted by: everman
Are you sure they're not letting you go over so they can charge you for it later?
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Yeah, I'm looking at the meter on my account, it's stuck at 5.87gb. I changed the way I get my data from them and time stood still.

 
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no0b

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Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Originally posted by: everman
Are you sure they're not letting you go over so they can charge you for it later?
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Yeah, I'm looking at the meter on my account, it's stuck at 5.87gb. I changed the way I get my data from them and time stood still.
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how?

from a proxy, or do you have a NAT or something?
 
Evadman

Evadman

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Feb 18, 2001
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My news server is unlimited. Yay!

<--2-3 GB a night
 
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dethman

Lifer
Oct 12, 1999
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still going on an unlimited here. also about 2-3gb/day. newsbin counter is almost to 400GB. :D
 
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zsouthboy

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If you get caught, play the "dumb user" thing.

"But I didn't know what I was doing... I just wanted to get more bang bus!"

:D
 
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melly

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then why aren't you happy? :p

seriously, why bother posting if you aren't going to share with the good people of atot? that's not very nice of you. meanie.
 
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McMadman

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What i'd like to know is which nttp provider is it, I've managed to clock up about 500mb of downloads off teranews (50mb/day account)

If it gets abused too much, and the overall bandwidth numbers don't match, it will get discovered and fixed.

(thankfully my local/free server is halfway decent, 1-2 day retention maybe 50-99% completeness (it can bomb hard when its going bad)
 
Koing

Koing

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Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Originally posted by: Daniel
You maintain the nambla email list?
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Yes, I've added you. Thank you for your interest.
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Whats the *nambla email list*? Just wondering.

I don't want to know what the thing it is your doing. Don't even know.......

what does



 
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Kevin

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Originally posted by: McMadman
What i'd like to know is which nttp provider is it, I've managed to clock up about 500mb of downloads off teranews (50mb/day account)

If it gets abused too much, and the overall bandwidth numbers don't match, it will get discovered and fixed.

(thankfully my local/free server is halfway decent, 1-2 day retention maybe 50-99% completeness (it can bomb hard when its going bad)
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RoadRunner's news servers aren't bad either...
 
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dighn

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Aug 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: Koing
Originally posted by: iwearnosox
Originally posted by: Daniel
You maintain the nambla email list?
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Yes, I've added you. Thank you for your interest.
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Whats the *nambla email list*? Just wondering.

I don't want to know what the thing it is your doing. Don't even know.......

what does
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nambla = north america man/boy love association
 
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