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imported>Mutantmonkey: Remove unsourced and likely outdated comment out IPv6

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Remove unsourced and likely outdated comment out IPv6

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‎Controversies

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‎Controversies

imported>Matthazinski at 21:17, 2 February 2013

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‎Controversies

imported>Matthazinski at 17:55, 1 February 2013

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imported>Mutantmonkey at 22:00, 14 October 2012

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imported>Mutantmonkey at 21:55, 14 October 2012

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imported>Mutantmonkey: Add more info about packet shaping and move references into a references section

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Add more info about packet shaping and move references into a references section

imported>Matthazinski at 21:45, 14 October 2012

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−	'''Comcast''' is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs\|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Many individuals use "business-class" connections for themselves due to static IP support, less restrictive contracts, and [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/six-strikes-boss-insists-new-system-wont-harm-public-wi-fi/ potential exemptions] from new "six-strikes" policies. Comcast's basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees~~. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[vtluug:IPv6\|IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric\|Hurricane Electric]]~~.	+	'''Comcast''' is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs\|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Many individuals use "business-class" connections for themselves due to static IP support, less restrictive contracts, and [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/six-strikes-boss-insists-new-system-wont-harm-public-wi-fi/ potential exemptions] from new "six-strikes" policies. Comcast's basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees.

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

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 ==Controversies==
-Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref>. In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which results in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
+Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref> In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which results in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
 ==References==

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 ==Controversies==
-Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref> and has been considered by some to be ''literally''  worse than Hitler. In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which results in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
+Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref>. In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which results in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
 ==References==

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 ==Controversies==
-Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref> In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which result in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
+Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation,<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref> and has been considered by some to be ''literally''  worse than Hitler. In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which results in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
 ==References==

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 ==Controversies==
-Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref> In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which result in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
+Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which previously led to an FCC investigation.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation</ref> In 2010, Comcast published an RFC on their new packet shaping practices, which result in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority.<ref>https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6057</ref> This is extremely problematic, as users must limit their ''downstream'' bandwidth, which is extremely difficult. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
 ==References==

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−	'''Comcast''' is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs\|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. ~~Their~~ basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric\|Hurricane Electric]].	+	'''Comcast''' is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs\|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Many individuals use "business-class" connections for themselves due to static IP support, less restrictive contracts, and [http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/01/six-strikes-boss-insists-new-system-wont-harm-public-wi-fi/ potential exemptions] from new "six-strikes" policies. Comcast's basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[vtluug:IPv6\|IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric\|Hurricane Electric]].

	==Controversies==		==Controversies==

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 ==References==
 <references/>
 [[Category:Blacksburg ISPs]]

← Older revision		Revision as of 21:55, 14 October 2012
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−	Comcast is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs\|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Their basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric\|Hurricane Electric]].	+	'''Comcast''' is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs\|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Their basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric\|Hurricane Electric]].

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-Comcast is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Their basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric]].
+Comcast is the primary cable [[:Category:Blacksburg ISPs|Internet Service Provider]] in Blacksburg. In the past, students have had far less complaints about Comcast's service in contrast to their main competitor, [[NTC]]. Comcast offers both residential and "business-class" connections to the vast majority of Blacksburg, and may also offer metro Ethernet in some areas. Their basic business-class plan costs about $70/month for 12 Mbps down/2 Mbps up, including modem rental fees. Blacksburg users have not noticed any support for [[IPv6]] and have resorted to using a tunnel from [[w:Hurricane Electric|Hurricane Electric]].
 ==Controversies==
 Comcast employs [[w:packet shaping|packet shaping]] on both residential and "business-class" customers, which has led to an [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/09/business/media/09fcc.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin& FCC investigation]. Comcast's packet shaping results in the customers using the most traffic being given the least priority. Some users have reported average ping times to Google on the order of 1800 ms as a result, which have partially been alleviated by [[w:Quality of service|QoS]] scripts on their routers.
 [[Category:Blacksburg ISPs]]