[ale] AT&T best statement from support

[Lightner, Jeff]

Even funnier to me than the statement form the AT&T person is the probable glazed over eyes they had as you were explaining what you wanted.    No doubt he was thinking:
Why is this guy talking about Nat?   I don't know anyone named Nat!   Why is he using CB code like ten:twenty-four - doesn't he know this is a phone call?   What is a ten:twenty-four anyway?  Is that better than ten:four?  Network?  He just asked about network - does he think this is LinkedIn?

Anything beyond "It don't work" is going to beyond the average hiree in a call center as most of them seem to have been obtained by having someone drive around looking for "Will work for food" signs.   

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Alex Carver
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2015 10:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [ale] AT&T best statement from support


Sadly they are the least annoying around here.  My only other choice is Comcast.

I had called in because I needed my modem to stop using IP connection tracking on non-NATed IPs (I have a set of static public IPs).  The state table only has 1024 spaces allotted split evenly between inbound and outbound packets.  It tracks every single connection whether it's to my public IPs or to the IP of the modem itself (which is a different IP entirely from my block).  Anytime I get hammered with traffic, the table fills up and I get knocked offline.

I explained this is only going to get worse for all of their customers, not just me, as the Internet-of-Things takes hold.