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11-11-2009, 11:13 PM #1Evenly Divided
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Unlimited Bandwidth
Just saw that term advertised in a banner ad for ServerBeach on the WHT homepage.
Isn't the offer sections still banned of unlimited offers?
Shouldn't it be none or all are welcome?
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11-11-2009, 11:16 PM #2AKA "Faze"
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11-12-2009, 02:49 AM #3Evenly Divided
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11-12-2009, 02:59 AM #4Web Hosting Master
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I was just coming to make this post myself.
Here is the banner advertising "UNLIMITED" Bandwidth:
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11-12-2009, 03:24 AM #5DigitalPunchCardMaker
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Probably the rule is for offers section, not for the paid ads?
...Posting such offers will lead to your post being removed
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11-12-2009, 03:27 AM #6Cloud & Web Hosting Specialist
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I believe this was already discussed in the past and what we understand is that unlimited, etc are only disallowed in the offers section in the form of postings and does not cover paid advertisements.
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11-12-2009, 03:54 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Hey, they pay for the ads. $ = can break rule
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11-12-2009, 04:34 AM #8
^^ Exactly
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11-12-2009, 05:38 AM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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Double standards
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11-12-2009, 05:46 AM #10DigitalPunchCardMaker
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I don't see any problem.
WHT cannot and should not interfere with paid advertiser's business model, as long as it is legal.
Plus, not all the advertisers are members of WHT.
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11-12-2009, 02:26 PM #11Evenly Divided
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Interesting to see the different viewpoints on this. Oh well, I don't advertise my hosting here so I really shouldn't care.
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11-12-2009, 02:59 PM #12Disabled
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What about paid stickys?
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11-12-2009, 03:20 PM #13
WHT allowing paid hosts to use the term "Unlimited Bandwidth" in promotional offers is like torrent sites condoning the use of illegal file sharing. The latter is illegal and so should other one be too! ;P I suppose that topic is best fitted for another thread though.
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11-12-2009, 04:50 PM #14Web Hosting Evangelist
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11-12-2009, 06:24 PM #15Web Hosting Master
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1and1 has the same thing. I think if I'm right, they're paid ads and most are through 3rd party sites anyways (doubleclick etc) so iNET can't really slap on doubleclick as that's Google.
Nothing here right now.
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11-13-2009, 11:27 PM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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Blocking the bill payers
Well I really do not like those unlimited ads but if that is what pays the bills at WHT I'll accept it. But when someone is posted for free its different.
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11-14-2009, 12:22 PM #17WHT Addict
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I believe perhaps they have their own explanation of "UNLIMITED" ?
e.g. terms and conditions applied, hahaha.
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11-14-2009, 02:07 PM #18Evenly Divided
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Well, I'm saddened to say that this is my first say viewing WHT with an adblocker... whoa... no wonder all the kids use these Firefox addons!
No more ads baby
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11-14-2009, 06:43 PM #19Web Hosting Master
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I don't know how WHT can continue to block the term unlimited. While we all know it's not possible for something to be truly unlimited the market is clearly shifting in that direction. It's time for WHT to pull the monkey off the market's back, and let things be as they should.
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11-14-2009, 06:53 PM #20Web Hosting Master
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I doubt iNet would disallow the "unlimited" related stickies since they are paid advertisements, can a iNet rep verify this?
I for one would like to see the unlimited rule go away, since it has became completely baseless with all these paid advertisements, and the ridiculous resource offers being posted on a daily basis.
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11-14-2009, 07:04 PM #21Retired Moderator
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11-14-2009, 10:05 PM #22Managed Service Provider
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11-14-2009, 10:35 PM #23Retired Moderator
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I can't see what's not to understand here. The rules apply to posts, threads, signatures and profiles. They're not rules pertaining to banners displayed on the site.
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