[ale] large file downloads & Comcast

[Bob Toxen]

Since you don't live near me, you're probably running over different
equipment than mine.  Note that my problem stopped for a year or two
and then resumed.  MY hardware didn't change.

Bob

On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 05:00:32PM -0400, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 16:56 -0400, timothy at meanor.net wrote:
> > Here's what I was having trouble downloading:
> > http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/ubuntu-releases/6.06/ubuntu-6.06.1-desktop-powerpc.iso
> 
> I'm d/l'ing it right now, over comcast, during the busiest time of the
> day.  Hopefully some other comcast users can d/l it to so that we can
> see what happens.
> 
> -Jim P.
> 
> 
> > 
> > -Tim
> > 
> > >On Wed, 2006-10-04 at 14:05 -0400, Bob Toxen wrote:
> > >> That's Comcast!  I have the same problem.  It is not your equipment.
> > >> It's why I'm switching.
> > >
> > >:-)  I have comcast and I don't have any problem with DVD images or
> > >other very large files.   I don't doubt that the problem exists for
> > >others, but blaming comcast as a whole is a bit dubious, IMHO.  
> > >
> > >Do you and others see the exact same problem (such as file xyx from site
> > >abc always fails), similar problems (every file over size 123 fails), or
> > >just random files.  Can someone give me a URL of a file that they can't
> > >d/l over comcast so that all comcast users can verify it is a comcast
> > >problem and not an isolated issue.
> > >
> > >-Jim P.
> > >
> > >_______________________________________________
> > >Ale mailing list
> > >Ale at ale.org
> > >http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ale mailing list
> > Ale at ale.org
> > http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Ale mailing list
> Ale at ale.org
> http://www.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale