[mdlug] Is ATT Playing Traffic Cop??

[Peter Bart]

On Sun, 2008-03-30 at 20:41 -0400, Michael wrote:
> What was the size of the file? What mail carrier were you trying to
> send it from (gmail, att, yahoo, etc.)? What program were you sending
> it from(Webmail, Thunderbird, etc.)?
> 
> My bet is that the file was just to big and your mail program didn't
> know what to do with the file. Video over e-mail is a bit of a task
> for e-mail. Gmail has the most transfer for email and that is around
> 17-20 mb. With hotmail before I left I think I had less than 2 mb
> maxium. At work I think I have a even smaller limit.
> 
> I wouldn't put it past ATT to throttle and block some internet traffic
> (heck they gave the government my phone records), but it would be way
> too scandalous for them to block all movie files.
> 
> Let's get the bottom of this one quickly,
> Michael
> 
> 
> On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:04 PM, Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net> wrote:
> > Hello To Those Left Behind,
> >         I tried today to send a short .avi file to my brother in law depicting
> >  me trying out my new fountain pens. I have ATT DSL service and I could
> >  not send it for anything. Either wireless, wired, nothing. The second I
> >  removed the .avi file away it went. Does anyone else have this problem
> >  as well? I send pictures all the time, which are usually relatively
> >  small. I wonder if it has to do with the size? Yes, this is probably the
> >  first time I ever sent a movie via email.
> >
> >  

	The client is Evolution on openSUSE 10.3, the provider is ATT. The file
itself was roughly 80mb.

Best Regards,
-- 
Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
http://petertheplumber.net