From the discussion: > - The link says "my friend got this", so even the person who authored that post isn't claiming to have received this notice. This is a s

From the discussion: > - The link says "my friend got this", so even the person who authored that post isn't claiming to have received this notice. This is a second hand report, at best. For all we know, their friend received this notice years ago, and mentioned it to the OP, who didn't realize it was old news. There have been people confirming in recent HN discussions that they were using full 1gbps of their dedicated box for a while since Hetzner declared their true-unmetered policy a year or so ago.