<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><a href="http://aws.amazon.com/free/">http://aws.amazon.com/free/</a> <br><div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Matthew" <simontek@gmail.com><br><b>To: </b>"Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts" <ale@ale.org><br><b>Sent: </b>Thursday, June 7, 2012 2:44:29 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [ale] [OT] AT&T/UVerse going to carrier grade NAT?<br><br>Where the link to the free amazon ec2 account?<br><br>On 6/7/12, Ron Frazier (ALE) <atllinuxenthinfo@techstarship.com> wrote:<br>><br>><br>> JD <jdp@algoloma.com> wrote:<br>><br>>>On 06/07/2012 11:54 AM, Derek Atkins wrote:<br>>>> I didn't even think about UVerse because nowhere on their website do<br>>>> they ever mention upstream bandwidth numbers. They talk about<br>>>various<br>>>> download speeds, but never upstream. If an ISP can't even be<br>>>bothered<br>>>> to talk about bi-directional speeds then I can't be bothered to<br>>>consider<br>>>> giving them business.<br>>><br>>>I was pulling a almost a thousand vacation photos from a friend on<br>>>uVerse a few<br>>>weeks ago and never saw more than 400Kbps. Accessing his network has<br>>>always<br>>>sucked - he hates Comcast more than he hates slow DSL.<br>>><br>>>When I push similar data to him over Comcast (same endpoints), it is<br>>>usually<br>>>1.5-2Mbps.<br>>><br>>>Just sayin'.<br>>><br>><br>> I used to be getting 20 Mbps down and 4 Mbps up on Comcast, and I was paying<br>> an extra fee each month to get it that high. I think I saw 30 Mbps down and<br>> 6 Mbps up on my last speed test. Maybe they upgraded the system behind the<br>> scenes.<br>><br>> Ron<br>><br>><br>> --<br>><br>> Sent from my Android Acer A500 tablet with bluetooth keyboard and K-9 Mail.<br>> Please excuse my potential brevity.<br>><br>> (To whom it may concern. My email address has changed. Replying to former<br>> messages prior to 03/31/12 with my personal address will go to the wrong<br>> address. Please send all personal correspondence to the new address.)<br>><br>> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to<br>> call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy<br>> mailing lists and such. I don't always see new email messages very<br>> quickly.)<br>><br>> Ron Frazier<br><span>> <span id="gc-number-30" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">770-205-9422</span> (O) Leave a message.</span><br>> linuxdude AT techstarship.com<br>><br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Ale mailing list<br>> Ale@ale.org<br>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br>><br><br>-- <br>Sent from my mobile device<br><br>SimonTek<br><span><span id="gc-number-31" class="gc-cs-link" title="Call with Google Voice">912-398-6704</span></span><br>_______________________________________________<br>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale<br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br>http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>