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@comcast.net
| Thank God... I live in Georgia and was thankfully not affected. In fact, our speeds were about 10 Mbps faster than they normally are.  | |
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join:2006-10-19
USA | Re: Thank God... Due to the removal of 3 states worth of usage  | |
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| mglunt
join:2001-09-10
Fredericksburg, VA | This can't be right.
Only Satellite goes out. Comcast never does. I had DTV for a few years before going to FIOS, and I never lost service but a min or two maybe 2 times a year when it was really raining hard. | |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
clubs:
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| Re: Thank God... said by mglunt  :This can't be right. Only Satellite goes out. Comcast never does. I had DTV for a few years before going to FIOS, and I never lost service but a min or two maybe 2 times a year when it was really raining hard. Service wasn't OUT. Some web sites were unreachable.
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
 ·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Thank God... said by TK Junk Mail :Service wasn't OUT. Some web sites were unreachable. And that folks, is call spin doctoring. | |
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Cabal
Premium
join:2007-01-21
Boston, MA | No outages in MA to complain about. | |
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jjoshua
Premium
join:2001-06-01
Scotch Plains, NJ
·Comcast
| Something was fishy... Large sites like Google, Yahoo, and Drudge were accessible.
The sites that weren't accessible were still pingable. Even though I couldn't get to DSLR, the DSLR site monitors did not show any problems.
It was not a DNS problem. It was not a simple routing problem.
Comcastic! | |
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quientus
So Red Shoes
Premium
join:2000-08-11
San Jose, CA | Re: Something was fishy... Same here. I thought I was going nuts.
I was however able to get 5-7 KB/s downloads going. | |
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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| Re: Something was fishy... said by quientus :Same here. I thought I was going nuts. I was however able to get 5-7 KB/s downloads going. You're in San Jose.
Do you have a general time frame as to when this was happening? I run periodic traceroutes (and archive them) to a couple places (co-location facilities I have boxes in). I can go back and see if there was any obvious network degredation during that itme. | |
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TK Junk Mail
Go ahead, make my day
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Margate City, NJ
clubs:
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April 7th, @10:32AM
| Re: Something was fishy... said by koitsu :Do you have a general time frame as to when this was happening? I run periodic traceroutes (and archive them) to a couple places (co-location facilities I have boxes in). I can go back and see if there was any obvious network degredation during that itme. 7 A.M. to 2 P.M. EDT Saturday.
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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| Re: Something was fishy...said by TK Junk Mail :7 A.M. to 2 P.M. EDT Saturday. Nothing out of the ordinary here, or inbetween the samples shown (I run these every 1 minute).
And another destination:
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join:2005-06-17
Ballwin, MO | Re: Something was fishy... you really need to get a life | |
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koitsu
Premium
join:2002-07-16
Mountain View, CA
| Re: Something was fishy... said by ftth_freak :you really need to get a life | |
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| The Way Out
join:2003-01-20
| From the way it looked in California, it appeared to be an issue with their ibone, which feeds transit from Global Crossing and Level3. For whatever reason, the ibone appeared to be unavailable causing all traffic to be pushed out of direct AT&T transit, which was getting saturated. | |
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join:2005-09-28
00000 | Re: Something was fishy... "5 hours AFTER the problem was fixed."
Shame on them for not calling you first. | |
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RangerTX
Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA | Wow, even comcast spokesman couldn't get human on the phone. They must have really had a big problem 
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RangerTX
Premium
join:2006-05-17
Los Angeles, CA
| Re: Something was fishy... said by TK Junk Mail :said by RangerTX :Wow, even comcast spokesman couldn't get human on the phone. They must have really had a big problem And what spokesman was that? It isn't me as you imply. I have no contacts or affiliation with Comcast and never had any. Sorry, I totally forgot | |
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| axus
join:2001-06-18
Washington, DC
 ·Verizon Online DSL
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April 7th, @11:41AM
| Just when you think Comcast can't go any lower...
they find a door to the basement:
»systems.cs.colorado.edu/mediawik···nagement
Instead of getting rid of the Sandvine crap, they are trying to apply it to all of their traffic. The bright side is that it becomes painfully obvious that resetting TCP sessions is not reasonable network management. | |
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abely2k
join:2004-02-29
Miami, FL |  Comcast Digital Voice is not Reliable
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| jester121
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | Re: I'm not sure what bothers me more.. Surely you don't want a Comcast exec running router diagnostics? | |
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| moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| said by Rick :that comcast had an outage of this magnitude... or that one of their execs was squandering his time monitoring "twitter" under the guise of looking for details! I think that personnel needs to track this guy down, seize his pc..and see what else he's up to while on company time.  He was trying to keep your company from having too bad a reputation. Too bad it didn't work.
Maybe you should be fired for posting your rantings. Doesn't matter if you are on company time or not, you still make the company look bad. | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: I'm not sure what bothers me more.. said by Rick :lol. So, based on your theory..when I was happy with adelphia as my isp..i worked for them too? Or..how about all the years i had RR. Employed there as well? Well golly geesh. Maybe they should change my isp reviews to "Ricks resume" instead. Anyways..I hope your career with verizon online dsl is going well for you. Keep grasping for straws shill boy.
I do not work for Verizon. You , however, have made it clear you work for Comcast and your obvious bias (ex. "It worked for me so you must be the problem.") So anything you say is taken with less than a grain of salt because of the source.
You should know better that bloggers have become a viable alternative to mainstream media. Even the big 4 (Fox, NBC, CBS, and ABC) use them from time to time for ideas. Drudge has been cited numerous times.
Comcast would be well served to read these boards and other bloggers in order to gauge how well their actions and reactions fare with the knowledgeable public. Why? Because word of mouth is way better than any paid advertising.
Better learn to treat your customers with respect before you have none left. | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: I'm not sure what bothers me more.. said by Rick :lol. I think you've been sipping a few too many happy hour cocktails today. Your theory is...I'm happy with my isp so I must work for them. I guess that means I was on layoff when I posted this thread? » Waterbury Ct. Prime Time Speed Problems.......Anyways..cheers. Let me buy you another round. Sorry, no alcoholic found here but you sure seem to be sipping the Comcast Kool-Aid a lot lately.
Case in point:
Evidence? I don't need any evidence. I have the service and it works great.
I'm sorry if your experience has been less than satisfactory..but mine hasn't.
I have yet to see a HD picture that looks anything close to what has been presented in these "news" stories.
My HD pictures look great. Awesome in fact.
And so too is my 30,000k HSI speeds.
Sorry if that seems to trouble you. But that's how comcast performs for me.
»Hmm...
Better start listening to your customers before they tell you to shut up. | |
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SND2005
Premium
join:2001-09-15
Im Over Here | I know one thing... I see Verizon FIOS cables hanging outside my home.
As soon as they light them up & I have a alternative to this pathetic company, I am gone. | |
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join:2003-02-23
Middletown, NJ
| Re: I know one thing... I had issues in New Jersey this weekend as did my inlaws.
Oh By the Way did anyone see the new Comcast Commercial? Saying that their Fiber Network is larger than FIOS!! ROFL I got a good laugh out of that one, SINCE YOU STUPID COMCAST IS COPPER TO MY HOUSE AND EVERYONE ELSE> AGAIN A MISLEAD!!!!
I cant wait for FIOS! | |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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April 7th, @11:42AM
| Re: I know one thing... Their network has many times more fiber in it that verizons.
Not only that..but the cable industry has reportedly spent 100 billion on it the last 10 years. That's 4 times what verizon will spend EVEN WHEN they're finally finished.
Verizon would not be doing what they are if the rest of their network wasn't in the shape it's in..namely old twisted pair.
They're taking it to the home out of necessity..not any great desire to spend 25 billion Dollars.
And, even when they get to the home..they're using coax the majority of the time to run through the house and connect equipment.
It really is a testament IMHO to how well the cable co's planned out their networks. As recent news has reported..with essentially just a twist on the technology...going to docsis 3.0..they're going to meet and even exceed what Verizon is offering and take speeds to a reported 50,000k +.
That sure doesn't sound like anything misleading to me!
IMO..some people need to get over this Verizon invented fiber thing. They are simply trying to catch up with what the cable co's started ELEVEN YEARS ago.
And that..is a fact. Because as early as 1998..i had a connection via fiber/coax with insight RR..using time warners cable network. | |
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Rick
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-06
Waterbury, CT
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I've given them kudos many times.
But..they're spending their money in terms of todays dollars..versus the cable industry..who spent theirs over the last 10 years in those $$$.
Inflation adjusted..you'd probably be at 200 billion or more I'd have to think.
But..that's not really the point. The point was that somehow it's sometimes viewed that what verizon is doing is inventing fiber. In reality..what they're doing is catching up to Comcast..time warner and the cable industry as a whole.
It's certainly a good thing. The competition is great for we consumers.
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | Re: I know one thing... You're comparing a single telco that isn't even the largest telco with the combined efforts of the entire industry. | |
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join:2003-02-23
Middletown, NJ
| Well it just proves that you are a cable..(fill your word in here) their HD is crap, Internet is Caped and btw Crap. So your telling me..btw comcast traffic does ride over verizon fiber and AT&T Until you can prove me other wise you are just a cable jockey. | |
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Elf Wizard
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | another thing to remember is that Verizon needed FTTH so they could come in and slap cable around a bit as copper pair cant even keep up with cable.
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Dogfather
Altitude is your friend
Premium
join:2007-12-26
Laguna Hills, CA | Re: I know one thing... Speed isn't everything. Price is king, evidenced by telcos losing POTS subs to cable while telcos kicked cable's ass in new HSI adds (because of the cheap DSL pricing). | |
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Elf Wizard
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ
| Re: I know one thing... said by Dogfather :Speed isn't everything. Price is king, evidenced by telcos losing POTS subs to cable while telcos kicked cable's ass in new HSI adds (because of the cheap DSL pricing). this is also why before cable phone, POTS was loosing to cell phones. the cell carriers offered more features and cheaper long distance then land lines did for a long time.
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anonomous
@comcast.net
| Thing is if they lose all those POTS subscribers, DSL won't be available to them unless they switch back in most cases . I mean they are losing more POTS subscribers than they are gaining customers in either DSL or Teleco TV. Here on BBR, they have said that the top four POTS companies are all together losing 2.6 Million subscribers per quarter, with half switching to the cable company. | |
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defaultPlay
join:2007-11-30
Collegeville, PA
·Comcast
·Verizon FIOS
| It's Comcastic!...Or is it? I remember when I still had Comcast they would cut me off atleast every other week for up to a few hours. However, I seemed to be the only one affected compared to outages of this magnitude.
I have to say I've seen none of that now after switching over to FiOS. Plus, the seemingly dedicated speeds can't even compare to Comcast's so-called "fiber-optic" network.
If I still had Comcast and was out for 7 hours (on a weekend too no less) I think that would be the final straw for me to get rid of them for FiOS if I had not already done so. | |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
clubs:
·Comcast
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April 7th, @11:56AM
| saves money and jobs See this is (Comcast) Corporate management at its best.. since Comcast users are using more and more bandwidth, Comcast had to shut down some areas to be able to PAY their network bills, various over-paid executives all without laying off anyone (you know.. bad press and all that) and still keep shareholders happy. So Boom the east coast goes down for, oh I dunno, 4 or 5 hours and millions of dollars, jobs, and shareholder profits are saved. It's a miracle. It's Comcastic!
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Go For It
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
·Comcast
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April 7th, @12:15PM
| Maybe... From ~2:00 to ~4:00?
Or is that chart reading because I put the modem on standby?
Guess if it happened and they got it fixed while I was out yesterday, then no worries!
EDIT: Looking at the longer monitor, it's appearing that me using the modem Standby button is what did this.
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@comcast.net | my connection has down and a comcast exec called me He helped me fix my connection and upgraded me to 15/2 for my troubles. He was sure a nice guy. | |
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FicmanS
Premium
join:2005-01-11
Brownsburg, IN
clubs: | Really...? | |
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comcastcares
join:2007-11-20
Philadelphia, PA | We do reach out to many people including those here! We started in the fall to reach out to Customers on the internet when they needed assistance throughout the internet. It is an excellent way to obtain feedback and to help. We are working to improve, and this is one of many ways we are doing it | |
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klgjr
@ga.us
| Re: We do reach out to many people including those here! I have had Comcast since they "officially" took over the Adelphia franchise in North East GA. I am less then happy with the 42.95 per month I am paying for my internet service. I have tried several times to discuss with some one in "customer no service" about my concerns and I get the typical run around. I would love to get more for my money, but Comcast doesn't want to go down that path. | |
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tgonline
@myvzw.com | so what is going on in Colorado we are going on two days of a full outage. No tv. No Internet. Sending this from my iPhone. | |
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playcentric
@swbell.net | Comcast outage since 2PM Friday in North Houston area ... Comcast support says is its area wide problem. as 11:25PM (after 9 hours) the cable service is still out | |
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guhuna
The Raiders SUCK Should move back to LA
Premium
join:2001-03-31
Discovery Bay, CA | Re: Outage cause hahah, that would be funny. | |
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