Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-12 Thread Bill McGonigle
On Nov 9, 2007, at 15:47, mike shlitz wrote: My Vonage conversations , if they go on for any length of time, are inevitably cutoff and I have to reset the modem to get my internet service back. Downloads and torrents seem sporadic as well, as was indicated in several other emails on

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-10 Thread Ben Scott
On Nov 9, 2007 3:47 PM, mike shlitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... I'm pretty much stuck with Comcast for TV and Internet. I've had nothing but issues with their internet service ... My experience has been that consumer Internet performance varies tremendously by locale. So one guy can love

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-10 Thread VirginSnow
Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:27:52 -0500 From: Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] The classic example is BitTorrent on an asymetric feed. The feed can suck down a lot, but can only send out a little; meanwhile, the rest of the swarm is trying to suck a lot from you. If you don't properly cap the

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-09 Thread VirginSnow
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 15:04:36 -0800 (PST) From: Bayard Coolidge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or be a Comcast customer, unless you're VERY patient. Took 7.5 hours using BitTorrent, average d/l speed purportedly 145 kb/s. Started at 10:21 AM EST, and finished just a few minutes ago. D/L behaviour was

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-09 Thread Alex Hewitt
On Fri, 2007-11-09 at 09:11 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 15:04:36 -0800 (PST) From: Bayard Coolidge [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or be a Comcast customer, unless you're VERY patient. Took 7.5 hours using BitTorrent, average d/l speed purportedly 145 kb/s. Started at

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-09 Thread Ted Roche
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard, somewhere, that Comcast is actually being sued for violating net neutrality. I don't believe that net neutrality is the law of the land. There are many who argue it may not even be a good idea, but that's beyond this thread about Fedora by far...

Comcast [ was Fedora Eight is out on the streets!]

2007-11-09 Thread Paul Lussier
Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard, somewhere, that Comcast is actually being sued for violating net neutrality. Try googling for it as Ted did. There's plenty of new available about it. Even Congress is aware of it (someone must be up for re-election

Re: Comcast [ was Fedora Eight is out on the streets!]

2007-11-09 Thread VirginSnow
From: Paul Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 10:26:25 -0500 Subject: Comcast [ was Fedora Eight is out on the streets!] Oops, yes. I ought to have changed the subject line. Sorry. Comcast (and other CATV providers) *still* seem to think of themselves as a TV provider first

Re: Comcast [ was Fedora Eight is out on the streets!]

2007-11-09 Thread Ben Scott
On Nov 9, 2007 11:32 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Instead, these companies claimed that, in order to provide DSL, they had to line share with Verizon and that (drumroll, please) Verizon had not yet released the rights to line share for dry loop service. Yah, the big telcos are just as evil

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-09 Thread mike shlitz
Hi, When I lived on the NH seacoast and had DSL, I had no problems. Here in Temple, NH I'm pretty much stuck with Comcast for TV and Internet. I've had nothing but issues with their internet service (and I pay for their fastest speed burst option). My Vonage conversations , if they go on

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-08 Thread Ben Scott
On Nov 8, 2007 11:33 AM, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Get onto the BitTorrent ... Hmmm. Don't set your computer's clock back an hour while BitTorrent is running, or it gets very confused. -- Ben ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list

Re: Fedora Eight is out on the streets!

2007-11-08 Thread Bayard Coolidge
Or be a Comcast customer, unless you're VERY patient. Took 7.5 hours using BitTorrent, average d/l speed purportedly 145 kb/s. Started at 10:21 AM EST, and finished just a few minutes ago. D/L behaviour was very bursty, stalling for several minutes at a time and then cranking at over 900kb/sec.