[ale] Comcast HSI was Re: 10M service

[KingBahamut]

Oh not hardly.

Marietta, NorthSide, probably 2 miles south of the Cherokee county border.

I get random spikes on my webserver fairly regularly. If I get enough users
on the UDSF (http://doc.gwos.org) , Ill take a hit.

Ive complained and complained and complained to no obvious avail.


On 5/26/06, Joshua Kite <jwkite at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm at the southern end of Ashford Dunwoody, between Peachtree and
> Clairmont.  Our neighborhood email group is filled with more complaints
> about Comcast HSI than anything else.
>
> The Comcast people we've talked to (all the way up to a regional VP) seem
> to be unaware that problems exist, much less that they seem to be caused by
> their own people.
>
> Could we get a show of hands of who and where have had similar problems w/
> Comcast?  This isn't a bitch session as much as it is looking for a
> pattern.  If everyone in Atlanta is having random cuts in upload speed, then
> it's surely not the cable on my street (which the local supervisor acted
> like it was).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
>
> On 5/26/06, KingBahamut <gwosbahamut at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Have to aggree with you Josh, what end of town are you on.
> >
> > Im over in Marietta, and everytime major changes come about , I get a
> > huge service drop for more than at least a decent period of time.
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/26/06, Joshua Kite <jwkite at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Jerry,
> > >
> > > It does sound like we've gone through the same exact thing.  What's
> > > odd, though, is that a coworker also had a similar problem in East Atlanta.
> > > It got so bad for him that he left Comcast for BellSouth.  Your neighbor is
> > > near me, and we've been fighting this problem for nearly 6 months now.  I
> > > believe your tech was speaking the truth, Comcast seems to be preparing for
> > > something huge, but I think every time they make a change in the hub (D-9 in
> > > our case) they manage to screw something else up.
> > >
> > > It's a shame, because the 8M service rocks when it's working right!
> > >
> > > Josh
> > >
> > >
> > > On 5/26/06, Jerry Yu <jjj863 at gmail.com > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Joshua,
> > > > I had similar problems back in March. eventually,  the uplink got so
> > > >
> > > > low that DHCP queries couldn't be sent upstream => lost service for
> > > > a
> > > > few days.  the comcast tech told me  that they were doing some
> > > > changes
> > > > in prep for either bigger bandwidth (10Mbps ?!) or  more
> > > > subscribers.
> > > > The prep had caused S/N problems for some neighborhoods. In fact a
> > > > friend of mine and his neighbors are suffering from this problem
> > > > now.
> > > > He lives in a S/D on chamblee-tucker rd near peachtree industrial
> > > >
> > > > On 5/26/06, Joshua Kite < jwkite at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > BellSouth does offer 6M in some places, and it has plans to
> > > > increase that.
> > > > > The 6M service is available where fiber exists at the curb in
> > > > front of the
> > > > > house or in places where BLS has a cabinet very close (less than
> > > > 5000 feet,
> > > > > I believe) to the home.  I've not heard of problems with the 6M
> > > > service when
> > > > > BLS is able to provide it, but I know of many cases where someone
> > > > ordered
> > > > > DSL only to find out that they were too far away from an office or
> > > > cabinet
> > > > > to get the service they wanted or any service at all.
> > > > >
> > > > > The best speed I would be able to actually get from BLS would be
> > > > 2M, so it
> > > > > would be pointless for me to order anything other than the 1.5Mservice from
> > > > > them.  I've decided to go with Comcast, but it's pretty
> > > > craptastic.  Our
> > > > > entire neighborhood has had problems with our service; I measured
> > > > my upload
> > > > > speed two days ago at 4kbps!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 5/26/06, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net > wrote:
> > > > > > KingBahamut wrote:
> > > > > > > Charter offering 10M , means comcast isnt far away.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I imagine they are trying to keep up with the threat of Data
> > > > over
> > > > > > > powerlines, which I hear the bandwidth there is tremendous.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I've heard Bellsouth is offering 6M in some places, but I've
> > > > also heard
> > > > > > that they are having real problems with it.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --
> > > > > > Until later, Geoffrey
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little
> > > > > > security will deserve neither and lose both.  - Benjamin
> > > > Franklin
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