Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-31 Thread keith smith
Thanks to everyone who replied.  I should have mentioned that I am back on line and my static IP is working.  I just found it odd that Cox would offer a different IP than the one I am assigned if I did not set my router up for a static IP.  I assumed that when my router asked for the IP Cox

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-31 Thread Derek Trotter
they also require a nic to be registered before it can be used? On 8/31/2012 8:33, keith smith wrote: Thanks to everyone who replied. I should have mentioned that I am back on line and my static IP is working. I just found it odd that Cox would offer a different IP than the one I am

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-31 Thread Matt Graham
From: Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com Since they [the ISP] already know what cable modem you're using, why do they also require a NIC [behind the cable modem] to be registered before it can be used? IIRC, the original reason was money. The ISP would allow the cablemodem to transmit to

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-31 Thread Derek Trotter
On 8/31/2012 12:21, Matt Graham wrote: From: Derek Trotter expat.arizo...@gmail.com Since they [the ISP] already know what cable modem you're using, why do they also require a NIC [behind the cable modem] to be registered before it can be used? IIRC, the original reason was money. The ISP

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-31 Thread Michael Butash
It's mostly that ARIN requires justification for ipv4 addresses now more than ever. When cox, or anyone, asks for more ipv4 addresses, they want literal records of utilization, unique ownership per customer (usually something obfuscated, no pii), and must meet at least 90% utilization

Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-30 Thread keith smith
Hi, Last night, after 6 years of good loyal service, my D-Link router died.  I just happened to have a never used 2 year old Netgear router in my closet.  I hooked it up and everything was fine at first. I have a static IP and it changed.  I called Cox and was told I needed to configure my

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-30 Thread Michael Butash
a static IP and it changed. I called Cox and was told I needed to configure my router to tell them what my IP is. I'm not a network guru, so this hit me kind of strange. I thought they assigned IP's. Any thoughts on this are much appreciated. Keith Smith

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-30 Thread JD Austin
years of good loyal service, my D-Link router died. I just happened to have a never used 2 year old Netgear router in my closet. I hooked it up and everything was fine at first. I have a static IP and it changed. I called Cox and was told I needed to configure my router to tell them what my IP

Re: Cox Cable / Static IP / New Router

2012-08-30 Thread Michael Butash
-Link router died. I just happened to have a never used 2 year old Netgear router in my closet. I hooked it up and everything was fine at first. I have a static IP and it changed. I called Cox and was told I needed to configure my router to tell them what my IP is. I'm

RE: Cox Cable TV

2012-07-23 Thread ChasM Marshall
Hiya, XBMC (X Box Media Center) is a big part of the Sabayon 5.6 distro. I have no cable to connect to, so I don't know if this is a solution. - Subject: Cox Cable TV From: doc_me...@yahoo.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:42:44 -0700 I think I

Re: Cox Cable TV

2012-07-23 Thread Michael Butash
cranky with 1080p mkv's occasionally, but otherwise works pretty well. -mb On 07/23/2012 07:24 PM, ChasM Marshall wrote: Hiya, XBMC (X Box Media Center) is a big part of the Sabayon 5.6 distro. I have no cable to connect to, so I don't know if this is a solution. - Subject: Cox Cable TV

Re: Subject: Cox Cable TV

2012-07-18 Thread Benjamin Francom
Message: 3 Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 10:42:44 -0700 From: Scott doc_me...@yahoo.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Cox Cable TV Message-ID: 1342633364.13941.2.camel@versed Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I think I know the answer to this, but I'll ask anyway

Re: Subject: Cox Cable TV

2012-07-18 Thread Scott
a CableCard from Cox, and a Tuning Adapter to put in line with it to ensure I get all the channels. The HDHR does list all of the channels to which I'm subscribed, so I know that part is working. However, almost all of the channels show up with a copy once flag attached. My understanding from Internet

Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com
We've just puchased Cox Business Internet and I have been assigned a CIDR block. I have no experience with this. In the past I've been assigned a range of IPs that I basically forward from the external interface through the internal interface using iptables on a dedicated Linux box. I have

Re: Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread Kevin Fries
On 07/07/2011 04:38 PM, lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com wrote: We've just puchased Cox Business Internet and I have been assigned a CIDR block. I have no experience with this. In the past I've been assigned a range of IPs that I basically forward from the external interface through

RE: Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com
-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Kevin Fries Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 3:51 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Cox CIDR block configuration On 07/07/2011 04:38 PM, lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.commailto:lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com wrote: We've just puchased Cox Business

Re: Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread Kevin Fries
On 07/07/2011 05:05 PM, lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com wrote: So are you saying I should just change all my external interfaces to the CIDR address and forward them the way I've been doing to the LANs? I tried that and had no luck. Don't I need some interface to the static ip? CIDR is just

RE: Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com
Cox says that they route the 24. CIDR through the 70. static though so it sounds like they have already done the routing. Do I need to do something else? They said I need a special router with 2 WAN ports. From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun

Re: RE: Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread Kevin Fries
and purposes. Can anyone else with Cox Business Class confirm that? I have only set up Cox at home for my mom. Kevin On Jul 7, 2011 5:24 PM, lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com lkrawc...@amhealthgroup.com wrote: Cox says that they route the 24. CIDR through the 70. static though so it sounds like

Re: RE: Cox CIDR block configuration

2011-07-07 Thread Lisa Kachold
Correct... The full block is what you want to use. Ask for the complete router allocation sheet from Cox to be sure which are unusable depending on subnetting. http://support.coxbusiness.com/sdccommon/asp/contentredirect.asp?sprt_cid=7ec0f78e-f10d-4074-8375-655c64c08a6d#faq21 On Thu, Jul 7

Re: MythTV - Cox supported cable cards

2011-07-05 Thread John
but idk about your wife. --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Bryan O'Neal bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com wrote: From: Bryan O'Neal bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com Subject: MythTV - Cox supported cable cards To: Arizona State University Linux Users Group asu...@asu.edu, Main PLUG discussion list

MythTV - Cox supported cable cards

2011-07-04 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Ok - So I am thinking about building a myth box from an old 2GHz duel core pc. I have hanging around. So questions 1) Does myth support Cox cable cards (Windows Media Center does) 2) Does myth work well with Hulu+ and Netflix? 3) How easy is it to set up? I am thinking about dropping in a 2TB

Re: OT: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business Internet and Phone

2011-03-25 Thread der.hans
Am 24. Mar, 2011 schwätzte keith smith so: moin moin, I'm thinking of moving from consumer cable to business cable with Cox.  It's a good move. Currently I have an Internet connection that is shared with up to 349 others with a max of up to 20mb/sec down.  Not sure what up is, might

RE: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business Internet and Phone

2011-03-25 Thread Sean Parsons
: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of keith smith Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:47 PM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: OT: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business Internet and Phone Hi, I'm thinking

OT: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business Internet and Phone

2011-03-24 Thread keith smith
Hi, I'm thinking of moving from consumer cable to business cable with Cox.  Currently I have an Internet connection that is shared with up to 349 others with a max of up to 20mb/sec down.  Not sure what up is, might be 2mb/sec. I have a consumer phone line and distinct ringing for my fax

Re: OT: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business Internet and Phone

2011-03-24 Thread Stephen
klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I'm thinking of moving from consumer cable to business cable with Cox. Currently I have an Internet connection that is shared with up to 349 others with a max of up to 20mb/sec down. Not sure what up is, might be 2mb/sec. I have a consumer phone line and distinct

Re: OT: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business Internet and Phone

2011-03-24 Thread keith smith
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land. --- On Thu, 3/24/11, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: From: Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Moving from Cox Consumer to Cox Business

OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Joe
I'm on Cox cable for internet and paying for their Premiere package (20MBit down, 2MBit up). Over the past day or so I've seen my torrent uploads go from respectable to abysmal; I'm lucky if I can upload at over 10kB/s now. I've reset both my model and router several times and that hasn't

Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Stephen
Note, I think cox has rolled a policy to slow down certain traffic during peak load/times to prevent a detrimental effect on the network. then at off peak times will go back up (or supposed to) On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 8:28 AM, Joe li...@joefleming.net wrote: I'm on Cox cable for internet

Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Dorian Monroe
Yup its Cox, not you. One of my friends ditched cox for that reason, and they owned up to it. --Original Message-- From: Joe Sender: Plug To: Plug ReplyTo: Plug Subject: OT: Cox slowing torrents? Sent: Nov 13, 2009 8:28 AM I'm on Cox cable for internet and paying for their Premiere

RE: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Bob Elzer
It's not only cox, I have qwest, and my torrents have gone from 150k to 50-20k It seem to have started in november. -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Friday, November 13

RE: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Bob Elzer
be a blanket policy to slow everything down. -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Stephen Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 9:02 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: OT: Cox slowing

RE: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Sean Parsons
I signed up for a Cox Business account at my home and I don't get any of their residential restrictions. I have 2Mb/384Kb backed with an SLA and it costs a few dollars more than residential (Approx $60/month), but the support is stellar and I can run servers on my dedicated connection. Worth

Re: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Eric Shubert
I have qwest, but haven't really noticed this. I was getting steady 600+mB/s down yesterday. 100+mB/s up today. I think I have 7mb plan. That's asymmetric though, and I don't really know what up BW is supposed to be. Bob Elzer wrote: It's not only cox, I have qwest, and my torrents have gone

Re: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Joe
couldn't get anything up over 10kBps. I've had Cox for over a year now and it's the first time I've have any issue like that. I changed my ports around and checked some sites and none of the tests came back positive for filtering. Now, all of a sudden, I'm back up to 120kBps again. I still have

Re: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Eric Shubert
was chugging along maintaining about 120-140kBps up as usual and all of a sudden everything dropped off and I couldn't get anything up over 10kBps. I've had Cox for over a year now and it's the first time I've have any issue like that. I changed my ports around and checked some sites and none

Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Joe
to be running ok now though. -Joe Sean Parsons wrote: I signed up for a Cox Business account at my home and I don't get any of their residential restrictions. I have 2Mb/384Kb backed with an SLA and it costs a few dollars more than residential (Approx $60/month), but the support is stellar and I can run

Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Stephen
and refused to come back. Seems to be running ok now though. -Joe Sean Parsons wrote: I signed up for a Cox Business account at my home and I don't get any of their residential restrictions. I have 2Mb/384Kb backed with an SLA and it costs a few dollars more than residential (Approx $60/month

Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread der.hans
and give you new ones with no notice. They might give you 2 day notice, but that's not enough time for DNS to propagate and they don't remember that Cox used to ignore TTL and cache all DNS for two weeks. A friend has been on the residential service since it was first available many years ago. He's had

Re: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Mark Phillips
This may be a complete coincidence, but yesterday and this morning my cox service has been going up and down. I had 3 outages yesterday and one this morning. Each lasted for 10-30 minutes. Mark Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -Original Message- From: Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net

Re: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Eric Shubert
That sounds very much like they're working on the network. Hold on tight. ;) -- -Eric 'shubes' Mark Phillips wrote: This may be a complete coincidence, but yesterday and this morning my cox service has been going up and down. I had 3 outages yesterday and one this morning. Each lasted

RE: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Bob Elzer
ftp instead of p2p. -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Joe Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 11:10 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Cox slowing torrents? I realize they have

RE: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Bob Elzer
It's because you are talking about them :-) They're trying to censor you, use code words. Cox = Wally. Wally is throttling P2P LOL -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Mark

Re: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Stephen
If you want a stable connection with static IPs consider DSL with a local ISP like Deru. You don't need a local ISP if you don't want to run services, but you should go with a local ISP anyway :). Only downside here is you have to deal with qwest, even if it is the local ISP doing the dealing.

RE: OT: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Sean Parsons
the price, to me. Try getting help Sunday 0600 from COX regular. Support for me is 24/7 and guaranteed to resolve or they start paying me $$, SLAs are the only way to got. I'd love more bandwidth, but cant afford the $$$. Sean Parsons -Original Message- From: plug-discuss-boun

Re: Cox slowing torrents?

2009-11-13 Thread Technomage
off and I couldn't get anything up over 10kBps. I've had Cox for over a year now and it's the first time I've have any issue like that. I changed my ports around and checked some sites and none of the tests came back positive for filtering. Now, all of a sudden, I'm back up to 120kBps

Re: MythTV and Cox HD Digital TV

2009-06-21 Thread Shawn Badger
bang for the buck. They just released the linux drivers for the HDMI card last month, so I haven't had a chance to play with them yet. On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Joe j...@nationnet.com wrote: Is anyone recording HD from their Cox digital converter box? If so, what hardware works for you

MythTV and Cox HD Digital TV

2009-06-20 Thread Joe
Is anyone recording HD from their Cox digital converter box? If so, what hardware works for you. I can record the un-encrypted channels, but I would like to records from the converter box since there are more HD channels there. Also friends keep asking me if Myth will work with DirectTV and I

Re: MythTV and Cox HD Digital TV

2009-06-20 Thread Stephen
enough for only about 300 you can get a huge array of inputs: http://www.decklink.com/products/decklink/ and it even has Linux support On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Joej...@nationnet.com wrote: Is anyone recording HD from their Cox digital converter box? If so, what hardware works for you. I

(Update) Cox general speed issues

2009-06-06 Thread Michael Butash
So I finally got tired of dealing with this speed degradation issue plaguing me since ubuntu hardy, and decided to put some work in on figuring out what the issue was, and I think I have. Since this issue seems apparent in literally anyone I've tried using Ubuntu on a Cox network (and some

Re: (Update) Cox general speed issues

2009-06-06 Thread Al Tobey
in literally anyone I've tried using Ubuntu on a Cox network (and some of you substantiated), I think this probably would apply to most of you on this list.  I suspect the problem isn't limited only to ubuntu, but don't have other distro's to test with.  Anyways...  The primary issue

Re: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread Mark Phillips
This may have very little to do with what you are experiencing. I also ran into a sudden and sharp decrease in download speed from cox about a month ago. I called cox, and they said there were no problems on their side. After some further investigation on my own, I discovered that cox had changed

RE: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread Bob Elzer
...@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Michael Butash Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 10:45 PM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Cox general speed issues Hi all, I'm curious, has anyone seen speed issues with cox lately or in about the past 6 months in general? I ask, because I have

Re: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread Michael Butash
modems, and I'd then be pretty much in spectrum of my own until modems became more readily available. Now this is crappy as that means everyone is screwed until either they fix this regression in legacy technology, or we all upgrade. While I'm sure Cox and Motorola would love this, I'd rather love

RE: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread Michael Butash
for killing p2p), but I've been told their in bypass because of the general consumer backlash against other said isp's. Cox is still trying to figure out QoS, so it wouldn't surprise me they just have something screwed up. -mb On Mon, 2009-05-25 at 11:20 -0700, Bob Elzer wrote: What kind of user

Re: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread blake gonterman
Hey, what constitutes a fairly heavy/heavy user with Cox cable? I have the highest tier availbable (20mb/sec?) and have managed to dl many tb's worth of data in the last 6 months since switching to that tier. i haven't been rate-limited yet though... btw, im in southwest chandler (10 and 202

Re: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread Kurt Granroth
Terabytes? If that's accurate and not an exaggeration, then Cox is letting you slide. Do NOT be surprised if they throw a ToS complaint against you at a moment's notice. According to their published limits, you can dl only 60 gigabytes/mo. That's 720 GB a year... so if you really

Re: Cox general speed issues

2009-05-25 Thread blake gonterman
? If that's accurate and not an exaggeration, then Cox is letting you slide. Do NOT be surprised if they throw a ToS complaint against you at a moment's notice. According to their published limits, you can dl only 60 gigabytes/mo. That's 720 GB a year... so if you really are consuming TBs in 1/2 year

Cox general speed issues

2009-05-24 Thread Michael Butash
Hi all, I'm curious, has anyone seen speed issues with cox lately or in about the past 6 months in general? I ask, because I have a completely reproducible issue, where with ubuntu, doing an apt-get of any server, on any mirror around the world, I get all downloads that start very fast

Re: Network Security and COX (was Need Advice on Routers)

2009-05-01 Thread Technomage
Sir Light wrote: Mark, When I went online with COX, one thing above all else is that I knew I MUST, let me scream that LOUDLY again, ***MUST*** have a firewall in place. Why? Simple... To stop people from coming into my network with things I do NOT want like viruses, people trying

Network Security and COX (was Need Advice on Routers)

2009-04-30 Thread Mark Phillips
Some of the comments on my earlier thread got me thinking about network security and Cox. One of the thoughts in my earlier thread (Need Advice on Routers), seemed to indicate that IPcop/Smoothwall were better choices than a Linksys SOHO router because they provide better control and network

Re: Network Security and COX (was Need Advice on Routers)

2009-04-30 Thread Stephen
and Cox. One of the thoughts in my earlier thread (Need Advice on Routers), seemed to indicate that IPcop/Smoothwall were better choices than a Linksys SOHO router because they provide better control and network security. It made me wonder. My network is one subnet on Cox's network. What levels

Re: Network Security and COX (was Need Advice on Routers)

2009-04-30 Thread Sir Light
Mark, When I went online with COX, one thing above all else is that I knew I MUST, let me scream that LOUDLY again, ***MUST*** have a firewall in place. Why? Simple... To stop people from coming into my network with things I do NOT want like viruses, people trying to hack into my boxes, all

Re: Network Security and COX (was Need Advice on Routers)

2009-04-30 Thread Sir Light
Mark, When I went online with COX, one thing above all else is that I knew I MUST, let me scream that LOUDLY again, ***MUST*** have a firewall in place. Why? Simple... To stop people from coming into my network with things I do NOT want like viruses, people trying to hack into my boxes, all

OT: Failure of Cox, Google, IMAP and port 993?

2009-04-26 Thread Alan Dayley
This morning our email clients could no longer reach our Goggle Apps mail accounts. Connection to the Google server is via IMAP to imap.gmail.com on port 993. Mail applications simply time out reaching the server. Cox support claims it's not their problem. Google gives support via forums. Had

Re: OT: Failure of Cox, Google, IMAP and port 993?

2009-04-26 Thread Charles Jones
Alan Dayley wrote: This morning our email clients could no longer reach our Goggle Apps mail accounts. Connection to the Google server is via IMAP to imap.gmail.com on port 993. Mail applications simply time out reaching the server. Cox support claims it's not their problem. Google gives

Re: OT: Failure of Cox, Google, IMAP and port 993?

2009-04-26 Thread Alan Dayley
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Charles Jones charles.jo...@ciscolearning.org wrote: I'm on Cox. $ telnet imap.gmail.com 993 Trying 74.125.47.111... Connected to imap.gmail.com. Escape character is '^]'. ^] telnet close Connection closed. Thanks, Charles. I get the same result

Re: OT: Failure of Cox, Google, IMAP and port 993?

2009-04-26 Thread Alan Dayley
On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Alan Dayley ala...@consultpros.com wrote: Thanks, Charles.  I get the same result with telnet.  But the email clients can't seem to get there. I'm going to try another client on my machine, just for fun.  :^) Ok, problem must be on my end. A fresh install

Re: OT: Failure of Cox, Google, IMAP and port 993?

2009-04-26 Thread Lisa Kachold
...@consultpros.com wrote: This morning our email clients could no longer reach our Goggle Apps mail accounts. Connection to the Google server is via IMAP to imap.gmail.com on port 993. Mail applications simply time out reaching the server. Cox support claims it's not their problem. Google gives support via

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-02-02 Thread Tim Noeding
I tend not to believe this kind of thing, considering it fear mongering... is this legit? On Jan 29, 2009 3:54 PM, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: There was an interesting article in Wired about Comcast seems they had to learn how to be an ISP instead of a dumb pipe Cable TV

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
that we don't do false advertising (in fact most of our customers are word-of-mouth), and we explain people that we shape the line. I am not defending Cox and I don't know what they are doing, but having seen how journalists makeup overblown aviation news for the sake of yellowish journalism

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Shawn Badger
are word-of-mouth), and we explain people that we shape the line. I am not defending Cox and I don't know what they are doing, but having seen how journalists makeup overblown aviation news for the sake of yellowish journalism (or sometimes blatant ignorance of the subject and laziness to get

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Eric Shubert
the traffic spikes, we have to manage. Let me state in here that we don't do false advertising (in fact most of our customers are word-of-mouth), and we explain people that we shape the line. I am not defending Cox and I don't know what they are doing, but having seen how journalists

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Sharkscott
state in here that we don't do false advertising (in fact most of our customers are word-of-mouth), and we explain people that we shape the line. I am not defending Cox and I don't know what they are doing, but having seen how journalists makeup overblown aviation news for the sake

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
to manage. Let me state in here that we don't do false advertising (in fact most of our customers are word-of-mouth), and we explain people that we shape the line. I am not defending Cox and I don't know what they are doing, but having seen how journalists makeup overblown aviation news

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Sharkscott
advertising (in fact most of our customers are word-of-mouth), and we explain people that we shape the line. I am not defending Cox and I don't know what they are doing, but having seen how journalists makeup overblown aviation news for the sake of yellowish journalism (or sometimes

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Eric Shubert
I think the problem Cox is trying to address is inherent in their technology, namely that customers share bandwidth. DSL doesn't have this issue (DSL has finer grained control). That's my understanding at any rate. Sharkscott wrote: I agree Shawn, I like your idea, I don't download THAT much

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Sharkscott
If my info is right, your right. ;-) For cox it only goes down to the node, half a street or a whole or half a apartment complexes..I think.. Scott On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:34 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: I think the problem Cox is trying to address is inherent in their technology

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread eculbert
...@shubes.net wrote: From: Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net Subject: Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Thursday, January 29, 2009, 7:34 AM I think the problem Cox is trying to address is inherent

RE: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, nontime sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Bob Elzer
discussion list Subject: Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, nontime sensitive traffic I think that this is being taken out of context... I manage a small wireless network with around a hundred victims... er... CUSTOMERS!:) Being a wireless network, we face challenges that wired networks

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Joe Fleming
I only use Cox for the net, and I have to say, coming from the Chicago area and dealing with Comcast, Cox is exponentially better. It's great being able to use bittorrent again and actually download things over HTTP at speeds worth paying $50-60/mo for. You guys bitch a lot about Cox, and I

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, nontime sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Alex Dean
...@kitepilot.com Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:45 AM To: stephen.p.ru...@cox.net; Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, nontime sensitive traffic I think that this is being taken out of context... I manage a small wireless network with around a hundred victims... er

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, nontime sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Joe Fleming
Of kitepi...@kitepilot.com Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 4:45 AM To: stephen.p.ru...@cox.net; Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non"time sensitive" traffic I think that this is being taken out of context... I manage a small wireless network w

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-29 Thread Stephen P Rufle
There was an interesting article in Wired about Comcast seems they had to learn how to be an ISP instead of a dumb pipe Cable TV provider http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/magazine/17-02/mf_brianroberts We as a group are VERY vocal minority. Most people would not even know or even be effected

[Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Stephen P Rufle
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Anthony Boynes
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Stephen
i think overall its bs... because it now will bend over legit users and useages On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Anthony Boynes aboy...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Stephen
Boynes aboy...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars --- PLUG-discuss mailing

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Jason
, Cox is raising their rates another $3.00/month as well. I received the letter 2 days ago. On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 14:06 -0700, Stephen P Rufle wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Charles Jones
Anthony Boynes wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars --- PLUG-discuss mailing list

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 14:06 -0700, Stephen P Rufle wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars Google Fans Net Neutrality Flames with Web Measurement Lab... http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Web-Services-Web-20-and-SOA/Google

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Tuna
Anthony Boynes wrote: On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars --- PLUG-discuss mailing list

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Sharkscott
, Stephen P Rufle stephen.p.ru...@cox.net wrote: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/01/cox-opens-up-throttle-for-p2p-non-time-sensitive-traffic.ars --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe

Re: [Article] Cox ready to throttle P2P, non time sensitive traffic

2009-01-28 Thread Tuna
Sharkscott wrote: Its all about control, always has been. Its not like they can't, or don't already. They decide when they want too, and what they will throttle. Control..that's all. It is *their* network. I hate depending on them, though. I have very few good things to say about Cox

Re: TV Tuner Cards and Cox Communications

2009-01-05 Thread Joe
. Hauppauge seems to make the best tuners. For Digital channels, it means that you can pick up the clear QAM channels offered by Cox. This link show what channels are available. http://www.landlpcservices.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=748 Note that the only HD channels offered by Cox are the same ones

TV Tuner Cards and Cox Communications

2009-01-04 Thread Francis Earl
results: I can watch TV via the S-Video signal via the cable box using TVTime perfectly fine - this of course makes DVR functionality rather difficult however. My question is, has anyone had any better luck with Cox and their TV Card? I only have around $80-90 to spend, else I'd go with the pcHDTV HD

Re: TV Tuner Cards and Cox Communications

2009-01-04 Thread Anthony Boynes
PCTV HD and Hauppage WinTV-DVR-1250 are the cards, and of course I had similar results: I can watch TV via the S-Video signal via the cable box using TVTime perfectly fine - this of course makes DVR functionality rather difficult however. My question is, has anyone had any better luck with Cox

Re: TV Tuner Cards and Cox Communications

2009-01-04 Thread Anthony Boynes
PCTV HD and Hauppage WinTV-DVR-1250 are the cards, and of course I had similar results: I can watch TV via the S-Video signal via the cable box using TVTime perfectly fine - this of course makes DVR functionality rather difficult however. My question is, has anyone had any better luck with Cox

Re: DNS wierdness and cox communications

2008-08-19 Thread Patrick Fleming, EA
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OpenDNS does lookup hijacking. If you want Firefox to do a google lookup when the domain resolution fails openDNS is not for you. Lisa Kachold wrote: | Cox allowed recursive lookups and non-auth responses which opens | their servers up to DNS cache

Re: Upgrading to Cox

2008-08-19 Thread Nadim Hoque
Hey, I don't know much about them using fiber optic (it seems you have to have the premium plan to have that), but I do know about their internet for I do use cox. It is a good idea to have a firewall (hardware at least) because the thing is you are sharing the connection with other

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