[ale] [OT] Comcast

[Jim Popovitch]

On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 9:01 PM, Robert Coggins <ale at cogginsnet.com> wrote:
> Anyone else experience something like this before?

Yep.  It's been like that since late April.   Comcast publicly says
that they offer X/Y up/down speeds... and if you use SpeedTest (or
other well-known-to-comcast http speed test sites) you will see that
you get stellar results most of the time.  BUT, if you want that same
bandwith for FTP/SSH/VPN/etc, or your own private speed test,  you are
sh!t out of luck.  Comcast has finally found a way to really screw
over it's biggest fan base... ironically by calling it "network
improvements".  Honestly, I just think that all the good engineers
have left Comcast.

-Jim P.