mashable.com — Following reports that Comcast isn?t net neutral, Consumerist blog has acquired several leaks from Comcast insiders, claiming that they do indeed use Sandvine for packet shaping, and that customer service representatives are being told nothing about how the network technology works/
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genmaOct 27, 2007
ethical? lets not give them too much credit, I'm sure their concerns are purely legal.
tunafishgangstaOct 28, 2007
I had the same issue for several weeks, where at random times, google would not load for anywhere between 20 minutes and 4 hours - Yet I could get there fine by the IP. My next step was to reimage my router, and that fixed it.P.S. If you can ping google.com and get replies, then they are not blocking it and there is no DNS issue. It's a router issue. ;)
solidcubeOct 28, 2007
Yes, they are lying. Many people suspect that there is crazy s**t going on with all of the cable providers, related to some of the stuff that's going on with the phone companies. Sandvine is just the tippy tip of the iceberg. "the sky is falling and when it hits it's gonna be the s**tstorm of all time." Get ready people because I think the ride is about to get rapid.
b177w457Oct 28, 2007
Dugg for perfect punctuation. Most people don't know the proper semicolon use or that, in many cases, you need a common when using too.
nnonixOct 28, 2007
ISPs don't sell dedicated bandwidth for residential connections. You'll be able to burst, at times, up to your max connection speed (sometimes more) but nothing about your service guarantees you the full connection all the time. Regardless of how you 'think' it should be, this 'is' how the absolute majority of ISPs sell bandwidth.Traffic shaping has been going on for years. The reason this seems like a new problem is because only recently has the average user had an application capable to saturating their entire max connection speed for hours on end (bit-torrent clients). Any application capable of the same heavy usage would be subject to the same traffic shaping profiles. This means Comcast is telling the truth when they say their not targeting or specifically shaping traffic for torrents.They're not lying, you're just asking the wrong questions.
smacksawOct 29, 2007
The solution is so elegantly simple: lower the connection speed for the heaviest users. Not make it almost crawling - if someone has a 10/1.5 connection, tell them to calm down or it's going to be 2.5/128k for a week.I don't get how they have such a black or white response to torrents (or VOIP or Lotus Notes).
hadakNov 27, 2007
heh. i'm a network admin, buddy. i've tried a range of different routers (i've even tried with no router). I've tried several different modems, several different computers, several different operating systems, and several different web browsers. it's *not* in my home network. schooled.
hadakNov 27, 2007
you're right. it doesn't.