[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[Jeff Hubbs]

Some months back, our Comcast service deteriorated until we were getting
2-3 drops a day and it took forever to restore sync.  I finally called
them out here and they checked our level, which was adequate, and they
took some length off the cable to the modem and redid some of my
connectors (the younger of the two guys made a smartass remark about the
connector job and I looked at him and said "None taken").  Things have
been working pretty well since, but the fact of the matter is that there
was a deterioration which is bound to get so bad that even the slight
improvements they made are no help.  My analog CATV service looks like
crap on many channels, and in the past few months I've noticed that
Comcast seems to have pixellation or pixellate-and-freeze-up problem on
a regular basis.

Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-10-06 at 22:07 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
>   
>> Since you don't live near me, you're probably running over different
>> equipment than mine.  Note that my problem stopped for a year or two
>> and then resumed.  MY hardware didn't change.
>>     
>
> I do live near you, at least I thought I did.  You still right down the
> road in Decatur, right?  I'm over in Va-Highlands. 
>
> Lots of things happen without hardware changing.  Things get old and
> less reliable, not-100%-destructive power spikes happen, corrosion
> builds on coax connectors, etc., etc.   I'm not doubting that you had a
> problem.  I do doubt that everybody near you, including yourself, had a
> problem that still exists and that comcast can't resolve. 
>
> -Jim P.
>
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