[ILUG] Eircom surrenders

[Michael Watterson]

Braun Brelin wrote:
> I happen to have subscribed to the unlimited download cap, so does 
> this mean I'm exempt from Eircom's policy of cutting off
> heavy users?
>
> :-~)
>
> Braun
>
They don't have a policy of cutting off heavy users. But read the T&C 
regarding "Fair Use" and "Unlimited"

Generally Smart,  Eircom etc "unlimited" unless it's a business  
package  with  no  "Fair use" clause, then  "Unlimited" means very  big 
, but we decide when you  have taken too  much. Not really unlimited.

I'm suggesting in my opinion that when they get the IP+date/time  
reports under the  new scheme, they would be strange indeed if they did 
not look at the usage. They will want to convince the Rights Holders 
that this works as the alternative *might* be monitoring equipment in 
eircom. We know how expensive that would be and how utterly unreliable 
an approach compared to actually peering to capture a real p2p IP or 
running honey pots etc.

All the other ISPs have been watching closely. I'm not saying this is 
right or wrong, but I think this is a quite clever move on eircom's part 
as ultimately there is no transparency for the  rights Holder. They  
have to  take  eircom's word for it  that  offenders are eventually  
cut  off.  IRMA/RIAA will never get the  personal  details.

So how do eircom create statistics to prove  this is a  success?

-- 
Mike