Kevin, Thank you for the info. Can you say how many quarters or years until Comcast is resolved?
I've seen references to that obscure whitepaper (co-authored, ironically, by Patrick Gilmore) before on the broadbandreports forums, by someone with a lot of knowledge on Comcast's network and internal politics/peering discussions. Do you know who the poster is? https://encrypted.google.com/search?q=28619103+dslreports+site:www.dslreports.com&biw=1000&bih=1000 Drive Slow, Paul WALL On Sun, Jan 5, 2014 at 6:17 PM, McElearney, Kevin <kevin_mcelear...@cable.comcast.com> wrote: > FWIW, we work with each issue and try to fix them as best we can. Several > are underway. Much of the ³traffic shifting² is happening external to > Comcast with very large traffic swings congesting AND uncongesting paths. > The beauty of adaptive routing via CDN and text book ³Creating Incentives > to Peer² - feel free to google that... > > - Kevin > > On 1/5/14, 1:22 AM, "Paul WALL" <pauldotw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>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 <sc...@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: dwh...@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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >
