[mdlug] Is ATT Playing Traffic Cop??

[Aaron Kulkis]

Peter Bart wrote:
> 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.
   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's your problem right there.



> 
> Best Regards,