Re: Comcast/Level3 issues

[Paul WALL <pauldotwall () gmail com>]

The people pushing this policy are not without a face and name.  They read
this mailing list, and attend our conferences.  You'll want to talk to John
Schanz, Kevin McElearney, and Barry Tishgart.

Drive Slow (like a Comcast peering port),
Paul Wall


On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Scott Berkman <scott () sberkman net> wrote:

> Comcast having saturated links to other providers is a common and
> frequently discussed issue.  Here is one previous NANOG thread on the topic:
>
> http://mailman.nanog.org/pipermail/nanog/2010-December/029251.html
>
> And a related article:
> http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Claims-Resurface-
> Concerning-Congested-Comcast-TATA-Links-111818
>
> There are debates back and forth on the validity of the graphs from the
> NANOG post, but it is a fact that at that time Comcast was heavily
> pre-pending their Level BGP advertisements to force traffic over to Tata,
> and many many people noticed congestion at those links in a variety of
> markets.
>
> I wish you luck, but my personal opinion is that your fastest resolution
> would be to move to another provider.  Comcast is a residential ISP that
> lives on extreme over-subscription and not actually being able to deliver
> what customers believe they have. You'll notice a lot of recent news about
> increased and more strict data caps for their subscribers, and that is the
> only thing they will likely be doing to relieve these types of recurring
> issues.
>
>   -Scott
>
>
>
> On 01/02/2014 11:18 PM, R W wrote:
>
> > I'm seeing the same as well. Can anyone from Comcast/Level(3) reach out
> > to me or provide comment. We're seeing heavy jitter and some packet loss
> > most noticeable in NYC area connections between Level(3) and Comcast.
> > -Rob
> >
> >  Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 09:45:00 -0800
> > > Subject: Comcast/Level3 issues
> > > From: dwheet () gmail com
> > > To: nanog () nanog org
> > >
> > > Looking for a networking contact at comcast and/or level3.  I've been
> > > having some slow speed issues with hitting some sites that's going
> > > through
> > > level3 and I think there might be some congestion.
> > >
> > > Doug