[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[timothy at meanor.net]

Here's what I was having trouble downloading:
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso

-Tim

>On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 14:05 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
>> That's Comcast!  I have the same problem.  It is not your equipment.
>> It's why I'm switching.
>
>:-)  I have comcast and I don't have any problem with DVD images or
>other very large files.   I don't doubt that the problem exists for
>others, but blaming comcast as a whole is a bit dubious, IMHO.  
>
>Do you and others see the exact same problem (such as file xyx from site
>abc always fails), similar problems (every file over size 123 fails), or
>just random files.  Can someone give me a URL of a file that they can't
>d/l over comcast so that all comcast users can verify it is a comcast
>problem and not an isolated issue.
>
>-Jim P.
>
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