[93932] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Comcast Routing Issues: Northern NJ: Random Failures
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joseph S D Yao)
Wed Jan 3 16:43:00 2007
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 16:41:30 -0500
From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy@center.osis.gov>
To: Matthew Walker <drinking.coffee@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Walker <drinking.coffee@gmail.com>,
nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <005401c72c4e$1e7e1880$af02a8c0@orange>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Sat, Dec 30, 2006 at 03:07:23PM -0500, Matthew Walker wrote:
> Issue was resolved at 1:35 pm. Thank you for the many replies.
>
> The response when I called Comcast was:
>
> Sorry Sir, We are doing Maintenance, the pipes were dirty, and they were cleaning them'. I asked, which pipes, and they replied 'The Internet Pipes get clogged, and they need to clean them from time to time'. At which point, I said 'Thanks, and hung up laughing hard.
>
> So this holiday weekend, don't forget to clean your pipes. :)
>
> -- Matthew
So they were either blowing you off with a nonsense reply, or they
really believe that.
Both alternatives disturb me. ;-(
--
Joe Yao
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