[ NNSquad ] Re: ISP's resetting RealPlayer?

["lynn" <nnsquad@ecgincc.com>]

interesting that you bring up this issue. i use comcast for connectivity
only. i also use webmail from another isp. i get a lot of mail. recently
i've noticed i an disconnected from mail. two days ago i was disconnect
about 3 times in about 2 hours. it has happened a couple of other times in
the past 2-3 weeks. i'm waiting for it to happen again so i can capture
the packets. (i verified nothing was going on with the mail server)

if you want to do a packet capture, download and install wireshark
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html




> Hello all,
>
> I have a question and no proof that this is true.  I listen to NPR daily
> while working, on a computer that pretty much does nothing else.  It is on
> the same wireless network as my main computer I use for working.  I have
> Comcast broadband through a cable modem.  On some days I have no problem
> at
> all with the connection to NPR, which makes me believe that the reset is
> not
> coming from the content provider.  On other days I regularly get a
> connection reset every hour or so.  The timing on the days that I'm being
> reset seems non random, but I have no stats to back that up.  Today I have
> been reset 3 times in 5 hours, but I don't remember being reset this
> morning
> so probably 3 times in 3 hours.  I would estimate that this happens about
> once a week or once every two weeks.  I find it difficult to believe that
> streaming realPlayer is hitting any secret bandwidth level, but I could be
> wrong.
>
> Does anyone else have this issue, or has anyone looked whether or not
> ISP's
> might be limiting content by sending resets to clients that are not P2P?
>
> Thanks,
> Ron Teitelbaum
>
>