Not only did Comcast do this they told their customers the problem wasn't related to comcast's network when customer started complaining about it. http://www.thetechherald.com/article.php/200832/1644/fcc-rules-against-comcast-s-broadband-bittorrent-block Jason P. Van Patten Website Development [email protected] Infogenix: www.infogenix.com
On 4/16/2011 8:34 PM, Jeff Jibson wrote: > snip >> >> Comcast has been good to me and my family for the past year or so. The >> speed is a consistent 15 Mbps, latency is often under 100 ms, and packet >> loss is very low. I've been using MRTG to chart service downtime and >> Comcast has done a lot better than Qwest did. >> >> I have a friend 5 miles away who has had a much lower success rate with >> Comcast. I suspect either Comcast supports my area better or the >> hardware on my end is better: a Motorola SB6120, a Buffalo >> WZR-HP-G300NH, and a Trendnet TEG-S80G. All three devices can easily >> handle 10X the line speed. >> >> Even though my experience has been great, I hesitate to recommend >> Comcast to anyone because their monthly cost is relatively high, their >> corporate practices are greedy, and my friends have not had the same >> experience. >> >> Shane >> >> /* >> PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net >> Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug >> Don't fear the penguin. >> */ >> > I have Comcast in Payson. It has strange problems. SSH connections usually > stay up, but the HTTP connections just stop working at least once a day > until I reboot my router. I used to have Qwest DSL and it would disconnect > several times a night. I have to do system software upgrades on 200-250 > systems every 4 weeks. This made qwest completely unacceptable and comcast > tolerable (thanks to screen). Unfortunately utopia isn't installing in > Payson, even though it is one of cities belonging to it. > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
