[mdlug] [Fwd: Re: home hosting]

[Dave]

Peter Bart wrote:

>On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 12:25 -0400, Dave wrote:
>  
>
>>The IP techs I spoke with at Comcast had no idea what UDP, TCP, nor 
>>routing was. Their bosses boss probably wrote the EUA along with outside 
>>legal, so they have no real understanding of the net other than it is a 
>>revenue stream for them to catch sucker fish. I was in their main 
>>offices in Southfield and the titles on all the doors were all about a 
>>kingdom of sales staff. No technical staff to be seen other than a PC 
>>support guy stuffed in a cubical of cannibalized boxes - like he had no 
>>budget for repairs.
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>>
>
><disclaimer>
>Not that I like or want Comcast
><disclaimer>
>
>	Comcast has several "main" offices in Southfield. One of them is
>stuffed to the gills with technology, it has a glass walled room bigger
>than my house that looks like mission control. So many many
>monitors....... I don't know if it's anything besides eye candy, but I
>would guess it actually does something because it's behind several badge
>card access doors.
>
>Best Regards,
>  
>
;-)  _main_ being the one with the Senior VP for all of everything in 
the Mid-West. Mr. Conner. (sp?)
29777 Telegraph.

-dave