[ale] Internet connectivity question

[Greg Freemyer]

Thanks everyone, looks like our connection is indeed the problem.

Very strange.

On 11/2/06, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> We just moved our Internet connection to a T-1 from CBeyond last week.
>
> So far it has been a good experience, but one of our people has a
> HTTP/FTP/SMTP/POP site he uses (dmares.com).  He tells me it is fast
> and responsive from his house but it has unusable from here since we
> moved to CBeyond.
>
> From here (via CBeyond):
> HTTP (port 80) access seems to be fine.
>
> FTP (port 21) and SMTP (port 25) are very slow.
>
> POP (port 109) seems to be non-functional.
>
> As a test I just did:
> time telnet dmares.com 25
> quit
>
> It took 1 min 25 seconds to complete, but it did complete.
>
> The same command going to port 21 took 2 min 30 sec to complete.
>
> port 109 is not even connecting prior to the timeout.
>
>
> Can someone confirm it is more responsive via other ISPs.
>
> Also anybody have any idea how I would try to get this resolved with
> CBeyond?  I have a hard time thinking they are throttling traffic to
> this little used domain, but maybe the whole class C?  I'm really
> perplexed that it is so non-responsive.
>
> Thanks
> Greg
> --
> Greg Freemyer
> The Norcross Group
> Forensics for the 21st Century
>


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Greg Freemyer
The Norcross Group
Forensics for the 21st Century