Eh, it's really not worth my time. And I didn't give my ISP a chance for redemption. After having my account bought out over and over again over the course of 10 years and never really knowing who I was paying for Internet service I was ready to be done anyway. I'm now with a local company with great service and reviews.
To be honest I didn't even have an opportunity to ask. The ESA guy seemed to want to get me off the phone as quickly as possible. At that point I was so annoyed I just had to end the call. And besides that, I know what I've torrented. My husband is awesome but doesn't even know what torrenting is. So unless my 16-month-old daughter has figured out how to use the computer at night while we're asleep, I'm confident the alleged infringement didn't come from our house.
Then again, the dog has been acting kind of suspicious lately....
Heh... sorry about the filter catches. If you Google "between girl" it comes up with what you'd obviously expect so my blog gets lumped right in there with them.
I wrote that post in a fit of rage and may not have told the complete story. I called my ISP to see what could be done. They told me to call the ESA. "...and then what?" I asked. The ISP guy was very short with me and basically just told me to call them.
So I did. The ESA guy said that normally ISPs just send a warning on a "first offense". So I asked him, "What now? I just call my ISP back and tell them you said this and they're going to take my word for it?" He basically shrugged over the phone.
Knowing that my ISP was already unhelpful, rude, and accusatory, I simply called them back and canceled my account.
Everyone I spoke to (or left messages for me) spoke to me in an accusatory, rude tone and at no point was I asked for any explanation or my side of the story. In fact, the ESA guy never even took the case number that I was given. THAT'S what really got me up in arms.
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Eh, it's really not worth my time. And I didn't give my ISP a chance for redemption. After having my account bought out over and over again over the course of 10 years and never really knowing who I was paying for Internet service I was ready to be done anyway. I'm now with a local company with great service and reviews.
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To be honest I didn't even have an opportunity to ask. The ESA guy seemed to want to get me off the phone as quickly as possible. At that point I was so annoyed I just had to end the call. And besides that, I know what I've torrented. My husband is awesome but doesn't even know what torrenting is. So unless my 16-month-old daughter has figured out how to use the computer at night while we're asleep, I'm confident the alleged infringement didn't come from our house.
Then again, the dog has been acting kind of suspicious lately....
More of my side
Heh... sorry about the filter catches. If you Google "between girl" it comes up with what you'd obviously expect so my blog gets lumped right in there with them.
I wrote that post in a fit of rage and may not have told the complete story. I called my ISP to see what could be done. They told me to call the ESA. "...and then what?" I asked. The ISP guy was very short with me and basically just told me to call them.
So I did. The ESA guy said that normally ISPs just send a warning on a "first offense". So I asked him, "What now? I just call my ISP back and tell them you said this and they're going to take my word for it?" He basically shrugged over the phone.
Knowing that my ISP was already unhelpful, rude, and accusatory, I simply called them back and canceled my account.
Everyone I spoke to (or left messages for me) spoke to me in an accusatory, rude tone and at no point was I asked for any explanation or my side of the story. In fact, the ESA guy never even took the case number that I was given. THAT'S what really got me up in arms.