[ale] Great News! We've doubled the speed of.....

[Zyman, Andy]

I'm pretty happy with the speed on their network.
 the main drop in it occurs outside their net. So i don't see the reason to
do "upgrade" to my modem. But this is interesting info. thank you.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: synco gibraldter [mailto:synco at xodarap.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 11:52 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [ale] Great News! We've doubled the speed of.....
> 
> 
> On 16 Sep 2003 at 11:35, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> 
> > In my 5+ years experience w/ MediaOne/AT&T 
> Broadband/Comcast, in three
> > different areas of Atlanta, I have NEVER seen or 
> experienced any ports
> > being blocked.  I sent raw syslogs from across the country 
> for 1 year
> > and received every one of them.  I've run SSH on 22, as 
> well as other
> > ports, with out any problems.  I ran a webserver out of my 
> home for a
> > few months (a few years ago), and I know people who have done it for
> > years.
> 
> hmm... my www was blocked the entire time i used at&t [and 
> then comcast once they 
> got bought out]... you are lucky indeed.
> 
> i would also like to note that many cable providers' caps are 
> enforced by the docsis 
> cable modem and not at the routing level!  this means you can 
> uncap many modems 
> by uploading [tftp] your own modified config file to the 
> modem.  this is, of course, 
> unethical and could wreak havoc if lots of people were to do it.
> 
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> --    atlanta, ga
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