On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: > > > > > Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their > > > > service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. > > > > > > We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and > > > couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the > > > phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and > > > they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. > > > > that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into > > hysterics if you say Linux. > > In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time > I called Comcast, the person gave me the "we don't support Linux" > diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to "level 2" > support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The > guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on > a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the > line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running > Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could > ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. > > I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised > more often than not with Comcast. > > Miark
Veeeeery interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls & Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX
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