Re: [TCLUG:17351] cable modems again

[Brian Ackermann <brian_ackermann@bbros.com>]

I never had any issues with downtime...I was up ALWAYS, for 6
months....Packet loss also was not a consideration.  I never measured it,
but it was not significant by any means...

the rest of you complaints I experienced and agree with...

> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy@veldy.net>
> Reply-To: tclug-list@mn-linux.org
> Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 10:11:23 -0500
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17351] cable modems again
> 
> Terrible latency.  Only after 1AM can you expect decent latency for a nice
> game of quake.  (Their techies claim that anything under 200ms is OK - that
> is dial-up modem latency and not what you would expect from a cable modem).
> Down time is attrocious.  I was down very often.  There were spells when
> they were up for weeks at a time and then they were plagued with problems
> again.  Their email services suck and they refuse to upgrade them.  Their
> news (NNTP) service sucks - forced to outsource.  There was almost always
> packet loss at one time or another.  At one point yesterday evening (my
> brother's modem again) packet loss was 17%.  Because of this - downloads
> frequently stall and finally give up.  They don't allow the running of any
> services at all.  They won't allow the hosting of game servers (probably not
> enforced unless abused).  Their technical support is full of amateurs.
> "Please - rebuild the TCP/IP stack".  Bafoons!  At least they acknowledged
> the problems with their one-way offerings and pulled it from the market for
> new users.
> 
> Tom Veldhouse
> veldy@veldy.net
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Scott Dier - dieman <dieman@ringworld.org>
> To: <tclug-list@mn-linux.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 9:56 AM
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:17351] cable modems again
> 
> 
>> On Tue, 9 May 2000, Thomas T. Veldhouse wrote:
>> 
>>> I did have a cable modem - but MediaOne was disappointing in reliability
> and
>>> features.  I have DSL now.  Either way - seems a waste of the worlds
>> 
>> Im just intrested, how so were you 'dissapointed'?
>> 
>> --
>> Scott Dier <dieman@ringworld.org> #nicnac@efnet 612.301.0265
>> http://www.ringworld.org/  finger:dieman@destiny.ringworld.org
>> 
>> Wait. Watch. Wonder.
>> -J
>> 
>> http://sluggy.com/d/971226.html
>> 
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