 RobIn Deo speramus, God Bless the USAPremium
join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | Bandwidth Meter And yet the bandwidth meter that was promised so many months ago is no where to be seen. At the same time, customers are still receiving phone calls that they are going over their 250GB cap: »Got the call, 850G this month
Sorry, but if you're going to expect customers to adhere to the terms of service, then you must provide a way for them to do so. Telling them to download or purchase bandwidth monitoring tools is not sufficient. Customers need one that is directly connected to Comcast, so everyone is on the same page.
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | Apparently a DNS health meter plus a static list of server IPs plus a prettified version of NSLookup is easier to create than an accurate bandwidth meter... |
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 Woody79_00I run Linux am I still a PC?Premium
join:2004-07-08
united state | reply to Rob
I quit using Comcast DNS Servers when they started the Advertisement Re directions...its worse than Closed DNS(OpenDNS)
I now use the National DNS Servers provided my Level 3 Networks
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
they are speedy, and no added junk..I likes
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Same with Hughesnet. they cap you but they do not give you official meter expect 1 hour delay usage page. |
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 ctg1701aVIP
join:2008-08-07
Philadelphia, PA | reply to Woody79_00
said by Woody79_00:I quit using Comcast DNS Servers when they started the Advertisement Re directions...its worse than Closed DNS(OpenDNS) I now use the National DNS Servers provided my Level 3 Networks 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 they are speedy, and no added junk..I likes You could just as easily use the DNS servers here with no redirection:
»dns.comcast.net/dns-ip-addresses2.php
And get faster responses from a closer DNS server to you on the Comcast network. |
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Many bandwidth hogs according to comcast use more than about 488GB a month. They are about 1% of the users and possibly less. The bandwidth monitor on mcafee might not even show a large portion of your use. You can download 1GB and it might show 400 or 700MB etc. Some articles shows that ISP don't have accurate measuring tools either. I don't know if there is even something that can accurately measure bandwidth. |
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 NerdtalkerWorking Hard, Or Hardly Working?Premium,MVM
join:2003-02-18
Tucson, AZ
1 edit | reply to Woody79_00
WTH happened? |
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 rawwhidePremium
join:2000-09-03
The Sticks
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said by Space :
Many bandwidth hogs according to comcast use more than about 488GB a month. They are about 1% of the users and possibly less.
The amount and one percent is slowly shrinking. I wonder how many one percenters Comcast has ditched? Eventually even the people just surfing social sites and video sites the web offers will be one percenters. You just wait. 
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 spamdPremium
join:2001-04-22
Cherry Valley, IL | reply to Space
dd wrt traffic meter |
»www.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv3/dd-wrt/about.html
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 cdruGo ColtsPremium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
kudos:5
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Define "faster" please.
ping 4.2.2.1 -n 10
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.1:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 17ms, Maximum = 23ms, Average = 18ms
ping 4.2.2.2 -n 10
Ping statistics for 4.2.2.2:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 21ms, Average = 19ms
ping 68.87.72.130 -n 10
Ping statistics for 68.87.72.130:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 27ms, Maximum = 30ms, Average = 27ms
ping 68.87.77.130 -n 10
Ping statistics for 68.87.77.130:
Packets: Sent = 10, Received = 10, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 61ms, Maximum = 67ms, Average = 62ms
The below queries were ran once to "cache" the lookup on the DNS server, then repeated 10x in succession to compute the average query response time:
dig www.dslreports.com. @4.2.2.1 = 29 ms
dig www.dslreports.com. @4.2.2.2 = 30 ms
dig www.dslreports.com. @68.87.72.130 = 39 ms
dig www.dslreports.com. @68.87.77.130 = 70 ms
From any definition of "faster" that I can think of relating to DNS, 4.2.2.1 and 4.2.2.2 were marginally to twice as fast as the "closer" Comcast provided server. |
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JnKC
join:2008-06-17
Independence, MO Reviews:
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I don't get it! If we are talking about milliseconds, there aren't many differences. If we are talking about the presence of advertisements when u foul up a URL; who cares. I simply click the link to what I meant. If that is giving comcast more money, then I would like to see a discount for using the dns helpers. If not; who cares? I guess a blank page is better than saying you fouled up the URL dummy! Oh yeah; bandwidth meter would be fine if I could track u/d with router; otherwise it is a moot point. |
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