I am not sure what is happening to Comcast’s IP network as of late, but I am frequently seeing significant packet loss on my cable modem connection: $ ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (64.233.179.99): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 64.233.179.99: icmp_seq=14 ttl=238 time=25.527 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.179.99: icmp_seq=15 ttl=238 time=23.751 ms 64 bytes from [...]
Comcast suffered a pretty big outage tonight, and this was the first time I have seen packets arrive out of order: $ ping www.google.com PING www.l.google.com (64.233.187.99): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=237 time=59.443 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=1778.317 ms 64 bytes from 64.233.187.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=236 time=57.564 ms 64 [...]
I submitted my DSL order to Speakeast last week, and have been receiving daily status e-mails similar to the following: BROADBAND ORDER IN PROCESS Broadband Installation Status: Stage 1: Order Received Your order has been received by Speakeasy. Stage 1: COMPLETED. Stage 2: Order Placed We have placed your order with the vendor. Stage 2: [...]
