| comcast transition My area was switched over to Comcast at about 3:30am this past Wednesday (7/25). I knew it was then because AIM died and went into this screaming reconnect noise that woke me up. (Speakers got left up a bit too loud).
Since that time, I've made the following observations about Comcast:
1. Never received the "how to transition" email. Figured that one out myself and sucessfully converted the TW/RR email addresses to Comcast.net. Painless process, IMHO. However, for the less technically adept, it could have been rather difficult without instructions.
2. Whoever previously had my IP address with Comcast.net must have been a very bad boy. The instant I received my new IP, my firewall logs went nuts ( and are still going nuts) with a flood of a connect requests from spoofed IP's, intrustion attempts, port scans, you name it.. Tried disconnecting the modem for a few hours and I still keep pulling the same IP. Argh! My old RR IP was always very, very "quiet".
3. Not seeing these "Powerboost" speeds other Houston users are reporting. This is a hardware issue on my end, not Comcast. I think it's time to trade in this antique Toshiba PCX2200.  Anyone know what Comcast is issuing in Houston for new cable modems?
TV service has been fine, so far. Time will tell.
-Lyserjic |
