Comments on: Cutting Cables / Slashdot / Comcast http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/02/03/cutting-cables-slashdot-comcast/ This is the blog of Brooks Andrus. Here, at irregular intervals, you may find digital noise centered around the activities of an early 21st century technologist. I work for TechSmith Corporation, but this web space and the views found on it are entirely my own. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:03:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Aaron http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/02/03/cutting-cables-slashdot-comcast/#comment-38117 Aaron Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:02:01 +0000 http://www.brooksandrus.com/blog/2008/02/03/cutting-cables-slashdot-comcast/#comment-38117 You know, at the first cable I was sure it was an accident. At two cables, I still thought -- wow, that must be some awful kind of accident. At three cables, with Iran completely cut off from the internets and India with a 60% loss in traffic which could send US business partners looking in the US for contract work to make sure their outsourced work gets done... Yeah, I'm thinking it's something sneaky. That said: I use Comcast, too. And I hate them. You know, at the first cable I was sure it was an accident.

At two cables, I still thought — wow, that must be some awful kind of accident.

At three cables, with Iran completely cut off from the internets and India with a 60% loss in traffic which could send US business partners looking in the US for contract work to make sure their outsourced work gets done…

Yeah, I’m thinking it’s something sneaky.

That said: I use Comcast, too. And I hate them.

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