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Any one else have Comcast & use torrents?
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 10:21 pm
by JAB Creations
I'm interested in doing an experiment to see if Comcast is sending kill packets to interrupt my internet connection intentionally. Of course two people are needed because to test for kill packets (or whatever they are correctly referenced as) two people need to attempt to sustain a torrent. I usually try to seed torrents at least 1:1, use uTorrent's scheduler to greatly reduce bandwidth from 7am-11pm, and watch TCP-IP connections in the Peers tab. I keep seeing people getting dropped from connecting and/or staying connected to me. If any one else would like to help I'll PM you a private Linux (Ubuntu 8.04) torrent that I'll seed and we can use a TCP-IP sniffer to determine if Comcast is sending kill-packets. If they are I'll consider changing my ISP.
Also has any one noticed their modems are still lit up and visually look like they are working but if you're running torrents the connection just dies out? For additional clarification I have removed the TCP-IP connection limitation introduced in SP2.
Re: Any one else have Comcast & use torrents?
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:20 pm
by Benjamin
Comcast is a joke. When I lived in Chicago I was hesitant to even call them for service. I did anyway and when they said they would charge an activation fee on a per outlet basis I laughed at them and called SBC for DSL. The DSL worked fine for me and was quite a bit cheaper.
I asked them if they would rather lose $9.95 for an outlet activation fee or $1,320 ($110 a month for 12 months) and they chose the $1,320. Very inteligent company I must say lol
Re: Any one else have Comcast & use torrents?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:05 am
by John Cartwright
Outlet activation fee? That doesn't even make sense

Re: Any one else have Comcast & use torrents?
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 12:12 am
by JAB Creations
Hah I worked at an outsourced call center and I was on the SBC Yahoo team until I decided I wasn't going to "flex" in to working during school hours (in what was claimed to be a "college" at the time). I actually attempted to help people (don't use IE/use Firefox, use this/that to scan for spyware was what I ended up telling about 90% of the people who had issues) unlike what the supervisors wanted. Funny thing is that if people get so frustrated with their computers they will simply stop using them. I guess the ISPs count on people not turning off their services in that case. I encountered people who would have literally over a thousand spyware files on their computer (and no cookies aren't spyware, different issue). Companies are just too rigid...sure I've encountered people who just won't be happy no matter what but no company wants to take the responsibility of helping people out which is sort of sad because when I clean people's computers out on-sight it's like I'm their personal savior. Speaking of which that reminds me I have to email a client about trying OpenOffice.
