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NANOG46 and Cisco Live had Significant Focus on IPv6

Scott Hogg — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 23:30:00 +0000

Although I wasn't able to attend in person the North American Network Operators' Group (NANOG46) meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on June 14 to June 17, 2009, I did review the presentations from the conference. I was astounded by the number of IPv6-related presentations at this NANOG meeting and the IPv6 presentations at Cisco Live. There were some exciting announcements made at these meetings...

Debugging the Interwebs

Mark Gibbs — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:00:00 +0000

We start this week with an interesting question my friend Dan O'Neill (La Jolla, Calif.) raised in a list we both subscribe to. Dan remotely manages some 16,000 networked embedded Linux servers around the world (how cool is that?) as part of his business. Dan's problem is this:

"Where can I find a live or nearly live discussion of network outage problems? The unofficial #nanog [North American Network Operators Group] IRC channel has been overrun with kiddies for years so that's not valuable anymore.

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Comcast, DirecTV fined $4M for making 2 million annoying (and illegal) phone calls

Layer 8 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:51:20 +0000

The Federal Trade Commission today chalked up two more Do Not Call rule victories as it won fines against Comcast and Directv for not only violating that rule but for re-calling consumers who specifically had told the companies not to call them again. Read more

Google's new 'Net neutrality toolbox

Google Subnet — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:10:34 +0000

Google's launch of M-Lab to help end users understand and identify when ISPs are throttling back performance puts some teeth behind its 'Net neutrality stance. Now, instead of waiting for researchers to uncover ISPs blocking and degrading service for things like BitTorrent, users themselves can simply use the tools to confirm (or allay) their suspicions. Read more

Just two questions

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:48:06 +0000

1) is Verizon just as guilty? 2) How can I know if I reach the 250 GB limit? I don't see my usage anywhere on my statement or when I view my account online. There should be an obligation to show you where you are in relation to an imposed limit.

Don't forget Comcast

Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:33:37 +0000

Comcast beat both AT&T and VZ on 40G backbones and was the first to use a 100G router interface. 100G optics are far less cool than 100G IP links

Growing? Bandwidth Restrictions

Schratboy — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:30:17 +0000

Comcast recently imposed bandwidth limitations which is the first salvo in a pay-per-use ISP model. It's only a matter of time. With more bandwidth and dark fiber than they know what to do with, the ISPs are angling to put the frameworks in place to start up-selling their base. How many more people can connect? Once they've got saturation the only revenue growth will come from adding new services or increasing the billable time, ergo bandwidth tiers. Hopefully, there will continue to be competition for the on-ramps and keep things competitive. But, given our government lawmakers propensity to cave to special interest, I can potentially see BIG CABLE continuing to have their way with the public whenever they feel like it. It sort of makes me feel dirty....

Well done.

Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:05:37 +0000

"It's far more likely that the cap is in place to make sure that Comcast's network cannot be relied upon by competitors for high quality video delivery." Spot on, I completely agree. HD content over the internet is the direction we're headed and Comcast is positioning themselves squarely in a position to control it. The cap buys them time to figure out how to prevent a transition from their carefully controlled content lineup to a free-for-all.

comcast in yet another money grab

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 02:21:22 +0000

I use far less than the 250gig / month but I chose comcast because there were no limits advertised when I signed up. I think if 1% of the users are over the 250gig then why does a limitation need to be in place? It's yet another money grab by a company and other companies will follow suit (watch the bandwidth cap drop as well)

Ridiculous!

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:55:02 +0000

Thanks to my better judgment based on my cable service with them, I just knew not to trust them with my Internet connection.

‘Net Neutrality – Just the Facts Please

Sevcik and Wetzel — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:57:19 +0000

The Comcast/BitTorrent saga got us thinking that the current chapter of the ‘net neutrality debate is playing out in the absence of the one thing that will lead us down a sensible path—facts. The current debate reads like a "he said, she said" script. Comcast argued that its actions to modify BitTorrent behavior were in response to a very real problem of access network congestion. But from what...

Instead of blocking, they just disconnect now

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:18:34 +0000

It would appear to me that Comcast is taking a new tactic. I am a game mod developer and one of the ways I release updates to my games is through bittorrent since the files are usually small and are not illegal for someone to download. Lately I have noticed when I turn on my bittorrent software within minutes I lose my internet connection through Comcast. I turn off the software, reset my router and everything works fine. I then turn the software back on and once again I lose the connection. I can go hours with no problems, but the second I try to release the torrent I am booted. I find it difficult to believe this is coincidence.

Bandwidth Hogs

Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:13:08 +0000

What protects the little guy from the "Bandwidth Hogs"? Ever have your internet slow way down? If Comcast can not manage their network....won't this even be a bigger problem in the future?

Google may launch venture capital arm

Google Subnet — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:25:34 +0000

According to the Wall St. Journal, Google is currently planning to start its own venture capital group. If true, the move would enable Google to not only seed some interesting start-ups, but also get an early foot in the door when it comes time to purchase them or reap the rewards of a later IPO. Read more

Future of the Internet: We’re All in This Together

Sevcik and Wetzel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:27:07 +0000

‘Net neutrality is back in the news with an expected FCC ruling against Comcast's secret manipulation of BitTorrent traffic. We note that application performance is at the heart of the ‘net neutrality debate—it's about who can use what applications and how well they will perform. The debate is fraught with emotion and vitriol—but will approaching ‘net neutrality with a "good guy/bad guy",...

FCC chairman wants Comcast punished

Paul McNamara — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:07:15 +0000

Comcast's idea of network management amounts to unauthorized network manipulation, says the head of the Federal Communications Commission, who will recommend that the service provider be punished for throttling peer-to-peer traffic."The commission has adopted a set of principles that protects consumers access to the Internet," the commission chairman, Kevin J. Martin, told The Associated Press late...

FCC chair comes down on side of 'Net neutrality

Google Subnet — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:24:39 +0000

In a move that should make Google, Amazon and other proponents of 'Net neutrality happy, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin says Comcast should be punished for throttling traffic and violating free and open access to the Internet. Read more

FiOS

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:00:06 +0000

PLEASE bring fios to Chicago. C O M C A S T is horrible.

Comcast and me

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:20:03 +0000

What you wrote was eerily familiar. I went through much the same song and dance with Comcast myself in San Francisco. Their HD feed was regularly terrible with frequent video freezes, pixelation and loss of audio. Assurances that they would make this right came frequently and earnestly. And they tried--sort of. They came out and re-wired my house. It didn't help. They changed out the converter box. That didn't help either. They re-wired the feed to the vault on the street. No luck. And yes, on occasion, they would credit small portions of my bill. To be fair, once they even comped me an entire month of service.

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Comcast ups customer service ante through Twitter

Jason Meserve — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:40:20 +0000

Cable giant Comcast usually gets a bad rep for customer service (even I complained about it), but I have to say I am impressed with their latest efforts through an unlikely source: Twitter. Last night, while watching the incredible Celtics-Lakers game, I was trying to get some videos and podcasts uploaded to our site, but my Comcast internet connection was running terribly slow. A traceroute showed...