shimonmor
join:2000-12-30
Sedro Woolley, WA | Thanks BBR
As soon as I got home and noticed that I was barely able to load any pages...I came to BBR and found the suggestion to use a different DNS. Changed my settings and I was off and running. Why bother with Comcast? They haven't a clue. |
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wings10
I Am Legend
Premium
join:2004-06-09
South Elgin, IL
 ·Dish Network
 ·AT&T DSL Service
 ·Comcast
| "It's sad that I get more useful info from these boards than from the people they are paid to do a job," one Comcast user complains.
I agree. Thanks to BBR. Man I can't wait for DSL to come to my area. Bye Bye Comcrap!  |
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ib50MbSoon
Formerly TwoKDialup
Premium
join:2002-06-07
Coloma, MI | Check out the Clown Forum before you leap. 
»dns issues tonight in Chicago? |
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youngo
join:2001-07-03 | anyone using voip on comcast? |
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rsantwire
join:2001-11-28
Redmond, WA
| reply to ib50MbSoon
If you are going to switch from Cable to DSL don't switch to one of the ILEC based services. There you get oversubscribed services, uneducated support and moderate service at best. Spend some time reviewing some good ISP's (ISOMEDIA, Speakeasy, etc...) and do yourself justice and pay a little bit more for good services. The Cable providers (Adelphia, Comcast, Charter, Road Runner/Time Warner, etc...) and the ILEC's (SBC, Bell South, Verizon, Qwest, Centurytel, Frontier, etc...) don't have the personnel; oversubscribe their network and hire and fire as their stock goes. Pay a bit more for good service or deal with the poor service level you will always experience from the corporate provider.
It's like complaining that your Folgers doesn't taste quite as good as your Starbucks coffee. It won't (for the majority of us anyways  ) and will always leave you unsatisfied. So if you have options search them out and make the changes. Otherwise deal with the cruddy service and don't complain...because you have a choice.
P.S.---If you are a business and you are looking to go with a Comcast or another Cable provider for services, run like mad as this is low quality and residential class service at best. If your provider doesn't offer a business class of service with SLAs (service level agreements), you are receiving residential service disguised as business. What that means is you need to your due diligence and not just sign up for the cheapest service out there!!! You get what you pay for and if you want good service you won't get it from Comcast, the cable providers or the ILECs. |
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anon3
@rr.com
| Very uneducated statements....and TOTALLY WRONG!
What you fail to mention, is that the companies that you quote as better service providers, simply resale the services provided by others! Isomedia, Speakeasy, and others, have no backbone , and are reselling Verizon, Time Warner, Comcast, Bell South, Etc., and branding it with their own name.
It's like saying you will not buy foreign oil, then driving to your local gas station and filling up!
Where did you think it came from?
Very ignorant Ravings! |
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tapeloop
1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss.
Premium
join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One
| "Mr. Pot? There's a Mr. Kettle on line 2..."
Very uneducated statements....and TOTALLY WRONG!
What you fail to mention, is that the companies that you quote as better service providers, simply resale the services provided by others! Isomedia, Speakeasy, and others, have no backbone , and are reselling Verizon, Time Warner, Comcast, Bell South, Etc., and branding it with their own name.
It's like saying you will not buy foreign oil, then driving to your local gas station and filling up!
Where did you think it came from?
Very ignorant Ravings!
Um...correct me if I'm wrong, but Speakeasy uses the DSL lines provided by Covad, not Verizon. Verizon provides the copper. And regardless, they (i.e. SpE) are providing the service (Internet Service Provider, remember?) and not getting them from anyone else. No reselling involved.
And he was comparing them to cable Cos. anyway.
It would seem to me that "Ignorant Ravings" are never a good counter to anything. I'm just saying. |
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RLF
| reply to youngo
Re: Thanks BBR
Yes, I'm using VOIP over my comcast cable connection. While I couldn't reach any web sites or send and receive email my telephone (VOIP) service was working very nicely. I know because I was concerned about it and kept checking by calling myself from my cell phone. |
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thataboi
join:2004-03-09
Eugene, OR
| reply to rsantwire
said by rsantwire  :If you are going to switch from Cable to DSL don't switch to one of the ILEC based services. There you get oversubscribed services, uneducated support and moderate service at best. Spend some time reviewing some good ISP's (ISOMEDIA, Speakeasy, etc...) and do yourself justice and pay a little bit more for good services. The Cable providers (Adelphia, Comcast, Charter, Road Runner/Time Warner, etc...) and the ILEC's (SBC, Bell South, Verizon, Qwest, Centurytel, Frontier, etc...) Narrow it down that much and there isn't much left. Unless of course you want to go with small ISP's that sell 256/256 for ungodly prices that buy their bandwdith from those ILEC companies in the first place. |
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Trininox
join:2001-01-17
Fort Wayne, IN
| reply to shimonmor
Replacement DNS
69.245.185.182 (j2plastics.com)
I started using my own DNS servers long time ago...
It was funny when i was browsing the web and my brother was askin "whats wrong with the internet?" i told him nothing... I now i have all my computer at home setup to use my own DNS as well as alot of other peoples..
Its very reliable, welcome to join the club!
Im workin on setting up another location too |
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fredfordbedford
@speakeasy.n
| IT 101
I just think that it should be noted that the solution to comcasts problems is to add an outside dns server (like 4.2.2.1) to their DHCP scopes and renew the leases so folks don't have to change it manually own. This is an IT 101 workaround. It's their inability to have a workaround in place that shows that they are staffed with a very unprofessonal and poorly trained people. My guess is that they have cable techs working on this problem and not networking professionals, and that is unsatisfactory.
This is no longer an opinion: Comcast is not prepared to service the network infrastructure that they have. |
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