[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[Bob Toxen]

That's Comcast!  I have the same problem.  It is not your equipment.
It's why I'm switching.

Bob Toxen
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On Sat, Sep 30, 2006 at 06:33:28PM -0400, Tim Meanor wrote:
> Hi all,
> I have a bunch of different PCs hiding behind a LinkSys wireless  
> router.  Comcast is my ISP.  I've been trying to download the Ubuntu  
> 6.06 PPC ISO.  I have an old Titanium Mac Powerbook on which I'd like  
> to try running Ubuntu.  Problem is, the download gets to 649 MB (out  
> of about 698MB) and it dies.  By "dies" I mean it hangs, no more data  
> comes down, etc.  This happens on Mac OS X, Linux, and Windows.  I've  
> tried downloading via Firefox, IE, Safari, and Curl, but always the  
> same result.  I suspect that Comcast is killing the download once it  
> hits 649MB, but I'm not totally sure this is the problem.  I've had  
> this problem downloading large files before (e.g. trying to download  
> XCode resulted in the same problem).  Has anyone had this problem  
> before?  Anyone have any insights?  Thanks for any ideas.
> 
> -Tim
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