[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[Jim Popovitch]

On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:56 -0400, timothy at meanor.net wrote:
> 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

I'm d/l'ing it right now, over comcast, during the busiest time of the
day.  Hopefully some other comcast users can d/l it to so that we can
see what happens.

-Jim P.


> 
> -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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