[Talk] Re: Comcast issues?

[Kwan Lowe]

Dang.. Don't write emails when high on Robitussin..

>
> Anyone having Comcast broadband issues recently?  I've been down for a week. They
> first told me it was "trouble with the lines", then some issues with my PC, now
> they're claiming it's those darn lines again.
>
> The weird thing is that I can ping their nameservers and traceroute across about 20
> hops to get to the NSs. But I can get *outside* Comcast:

I *can't*  get outside the Comcast network. (thanks Adam)

I don't actually need their nameservers since I run my own, but was just trying to
show that I can at least get on the internet even if limited to their equipment.

>  E.g., if I traceroute to 68.87.66.135, it finally arrives at
> spdns.cmc.co.denver.comcast.net.  I can nslookup and dig their nameserver and get
> immediate response. But try to go anywhere else (ftp, http) and it never gets there.
>
> They're technician out on Saturday to poke at my modem. I don't what that will
> accomplish but apparently it's the last option.

They're sending a technician out on Saturday to prod/poke at my modem. Two new
modems are doing the same thing so I'm fairly convinced that it's not the modem.
They seem to think so though. One tech said that the signal is very strong and the
modem looks fine so I don't think it's a wiring issue. All this would seem to
indicate something going on within Comcast...It's specific to my connection but
still their issue.  Who knows, maybe they'll sprinkle some goat blood and feathers
on it.

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