I didn't tell them that I was running Linux, personally, that was my roommate.. But we have discovered what the issue really is. Apparently it violates the ToS to run a web server (which I didn't know when we signed up for it), so that was the problem. Of course this has nothing to do with Linux, except that now I have this excellent photo gallery that I made that I can't even reasonably use because 1) I practically need root access to install it anywhere, and 2) I have about 2.5 GB of pictures, which doesn't even include the thumbnails.
GRRR. GRRR GRRR GRRR. :/ Oh well, on the bright side at least I can view it on my own machine... On 7/1/05, Gary Ayvazov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the key is to never ever tell comcast (or any other ISP, really) that > you're running linux. they want to find any reason to blame the crappy > service on you. i cant count how many times my conversation with the > comcast guys went something like this: > > me: my service is down. > him: clear your cookies, and then reboot your computer > me: *does absolutely nothing* alright, its rebooting. *service magically > restored* > > they dont really like to admit how often it goes down. > > -gary > > Randolph Baden wrote: > > >I figure some people on here must have used Comcast at some point, so > >I figure I should ask you all for confirmation about what those jerks > >tried to tell me today. > > > >We finally had our service working after about a week of down time, > >but it recently cut out, and Comcast is claiming that it's because > >they don't support Linux. If you ask me this sounds like complete BS. > > They said that some of our packets were considered invalid or > >something so we were "wallblocked" or something similarly nonsensical. > > > >Since there's no reason that a packet coming from a Linux machine > >(especially after going through the router) should be any different > >than a packet coming from any other machine, I wanted to know if > >anyone else has ever had this problem with Comcast, or else, if some > >people have explicitly not had this problem with Comcast and instead > >we found yet another incompetent Customer Service rep. > > > > > >GRRR! And thanks. :/ > > > > > >-- > >-Randy Baden > >AIM: Randofu > >Cell: 301-751-5114 > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- -Randy Baden AIM: Randofu Cell: 301-751-5114
