Branching off...
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement. Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show. There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please. Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about. Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them. I had no point to make. Carry on.
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement. Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show. There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please. Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about. Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them. I had no point to make. Carry on.
dandy72 wrote:
Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement. Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show. There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please. Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about. Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them. I had no point to make. Carry on.
I've been fortunate ever since I got fiber. The (regional) company I go through is great. The service is expensive compared to XFinity for the same downstream, but my upstream is the same as my downstream now and ping times would make the most hardened gamer weep. I don't think they'd ever bother me with things like that. I pay them enough as it is, they don't need to make any more money off me. (The price isn't unreasonable for the service, just more than I'm used to)
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement. Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show. There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please. Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about. Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them. I had no point to make. Carry on.
Do they at least have an unsubscribe link that allows you to opt out of marketing/promotional emails but while still keeping billing emails? Can also call them and ask. Most companies these days tend to prefer "screw 'em and ask forgiveness." For now at least, but a few will allow you to opt out after they spam you.
Jeremy Falcon
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Do they at least have an unsubscribe link that allows you to opt out of marketing/promotional emails but while still keeping billing emails? Can also call them and ask. Most companies these days tend to prefer "screw 'em and ask forgiveness." For now at least, but a few will allow you to opt out after they spam you.
Jeremy Falcon
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dandy72 wrote:
Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
Seriously. No matter how popular she got, I actually take pride in the fact that I still couldn't name a single song of hers. I'm sure I've heard at least one, but it was never pointed out to me so I wouldn't know. Commercial radio lost me as a customer decades ago.
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement. Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show. There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please. Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about. Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them. I had no point to make. Carry on.
dandy72 wrote:
,,,tickets to some Taylor Swift show.
That's just plain insulting.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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dandy72 wrote:
,,,tickets to some Taylor Swift show.
That's just plain insulting.
"One man's wage rise is another man's price increase." - Harold Wilson
"Fireproof doesn't mean the fire will never come. It means when the fire comes that you will be able to withstand it." - Michael Simmons
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him." - James D. Miles
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My ISP keeps spamming me about things that have nothing to do with our agreed upon business arrangement. Including, just now, a chance to win tickets to some Taylor Swift show. There was an option to provide feedback, which I did. In essence, I told them I was giving them money in exchange for internet access, and to stick to the plot, please. Clearly this isn't big brother checking what I do and search for and build up a profile of my interests and such. Otherwise they'd know Taylor Swift is just about the last thing they should ever contact me about. Thing is, it's my ISP, so I can't just arbitrarily block every email coming from them. I had no point to make. Carry on.
My thought is that it boils down to economics. Your ISP is, for obvious reasons in the current economy, reluctant to raise the price of their core services. However, the cost of doing business is rising and they need to at least break even, even though their investors would prefer to see a profit. Letting advertisers to allow them to solicit their customers is an easy revenue stream, allowing them to hold the line on prices.
__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock
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My thought is that it boils down to economics. Your ISP is, for obvious reasons in the current economy, reluctant to raise the price of their core services. However, the cost of doing business is rising and they need to at least break even, even though their investors would prefer to see a profit. Letting advertisers to allow them to solicit their customers is an easy revenue stream, allowing them to hold the line on prices.
__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock
Jalapeno Bob wrote:
reluctant to raise the price of their core services
That's some wicked sense of humor you have there.
Jalapeno Bob wrote:
the cost of doing business is rising and they need to at least break even
I just googled my ISP's reported yearly profits for the last couple of years. Not income, profits. 2023 - $2.04 B 2022 - $1.68 B 2021 - $1.55 B 2020 - $1.42 B 2019 - $2.04 B 2018 - $2.78 B 2017 - $2.00 B 2016 - $0.84 B That's in billions of dollars, Canadian. The cost of business is going up, but so are their profits. Clearly they've had better years, but they've still been on an increase since 2021. I'm not too worried about them "breaking even".
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Jalapeno Bob wrote:
reluctant to raise the price of their core services
That's some wicked sense of humor you have there.
Jalapeno Bob wrote:
the cost of doing business is rising and they need to at least break even
I just googled my ISP's reported yearly profits for the last couple of years. Not income, profits. 2023 - $2.04 B 2022 - $1.68 B 2021 - $1.55 B 2020 - $1.42 B 2019 - $2.04 B 2018 - $2.78 B 2017 - $2.00 B 2016 - $0.84 B That's in billions of dollars, Canadian. The cost of business is going up, but so are their profits. Clearly they've had better years, but they've still been on an increase since 2021. I'm not too worried about them "breaking even".
[sarcasm] Nothing like a little greed....
__________________ Lord, grant me the serenity to accept that there are some things I just can’t keep up with, the determination to keep up with the things I must keep up with, and the wisdom to find a good RSS feed from someone who keeps up with what I’d like to, but just don’t have the damn bandwidth to handle right now. © 2009, Rex Hammock