The people pushing this policy are not without a face and name. They read this mailing list, and attend our conferences. You'll want to talk to John Schanz, Kevin McElearney, and Barry Tishgart.
Drive Slow (like a Comcast peering port), Paul Wall On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Scott Berkman <sc...@sberkman.net> wrote: > Comcast having saturated links to other providers is a common and > frequently discussed issue. Here is one previous NANOG thread on the topic: > > http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2010-December/029251.html > > And a related article: > http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Claims-Resurface- > Concerning-Congested-Comcast-TATA-Links-111818 > > There are debates back and forth on the validity of the graphs from the > NANOG post, but it is a fact that at that time Comcast was heavily > pre-pending their Level BGP advertisements to force traffic over to Tata, > and many many people noticed congestion at those links in a variety of > markets. > > I wish you luck, but my personal opinion is that your fastest resolution > would be to move to another provider. Comcast is a residential ISP that > lives on extreme over-subscription and not actually being able to deliver > what customers believe they have. You'll notice a lot of recent news about > increased and more strict data caps for their subscribers, and that is the > only thing they will likely be doing to relieve these types of recurring > issues. > > -Scott > > > > On 01/02/2014 11:18 PM, R W wrote: > >> I'm seeing the same as well. Can anyone from Comcast/Level(3) reach out >> to me or provide comment. We're seeing heavy jitter and some packet loss >> most noticeable in NYC area connections between Level(3) and Comcast. >> -Rob >> >> Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:45:00 -0800 >>> Subject: Comcast/Level3 issues >>> From: dwh...@gmail.com >>> To: nanog@nanog.org >>> >>> Looking for a networking contact at comcast and/or level3. I've been >>> having some slow speed issues with hitting some sites that's going >>> through >>> level3 and I think there might be some congestion. >>> >>> Doug >>> >> >> > >