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Originally Posted by ratspeaker
I can tell from the large amount of unsolicited spam mails for viagra exactly how email is used today.
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And a lot of those emails come from virus infected PCs. Some of those viruses were distrbuted as executable attachments on emails.
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I can also tell that the Internet is now a shopping arcade and the PC a consumer device akin to a DVD player.
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Yes, it is. It would not have had much of a future otherwise.
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I doesn't change the fact that I am the customer and as a customer I am not getting what I pay Virgin Media for, especially since their services are overpriced compared to the competition.
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In terms of your email, I don't think that the contract you agreed to says anywhere that they will not use 3rd parties to handle the email. Nor do I believe that they have ever specifically said you can send executables through the email.
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So I will take my business to any company that will give me what I require. Since my so called 10meg connection only gives me 3 or 4 meg on a good day with wind in the right direction, I may as well move to adsl. To a company that respects the customer and gives them what they pay for. Goodnight Gents = I'm off before this becomes a flame war ;#}
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If you have speed issues, then that is (IMO) a valid reason to leave VM.
Although, depending on how many virus infected PCs VM have on your local network, then this measure could help improve the speed.