Saturday, May 31, 2008 by Myke.

Due to come questions about my personal experience with Comcast and what issues I was seeing and why I switched over to Qwest, I decided that maybe a follow-up post to the first “Comcast - You are not my keeper”.

I started to read deeper into this issue and maybe lend a helping hand where it is needed. Comcast has come out said, “Comcast does not block access to any Web sites or online applications, including peer-to-peer services like BitTorrent.” and a little more side stepping “We have a responsibility to provide all of our customers with a good Internet experience and we use the latest technologies to manage our network so that they can continue to enjoy these applications.”

I personally tested their service and from my conclusion I saw a huge difference in speeds from Comcast and Qwest. I hooked up a PC directly to the Comcast modem and sure enough every single P2P or FTP file I would upload would average 100 to 200kbit. My actual download speeds on my 6MB line were averaging 1.2MB to 3.4MB. I was used to seeing an average of about 5MB to 6MB pretty much every day all day long. So when I tested the Qwest line my upload speeds were averaging 768kbit to 950kbit and my downloads were averaging 10.5MB to 12MB. Um, Comcast that looks pretty bad for you.

So I started to read the Internet and see what else was being said and what issues people were seeing. Here is a few links that really hit home.

http://torrentfreak.com/comcast-throttles-bittorrent-traffic-seeding-impossible/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13739_3-9769645-46.html

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/10/comcast-traff-1.html

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/comcast_filtering_for_profit_a_three_phase_plan_to_right_size_consumer_bandwidth

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080108/151810.shtml

http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/14548/comcast-filtering-file-sharing-traffic

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/comcast-were-delaying-not-blocking-bittorrent-traffic/

http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/01/09/att-to-filter-intern.html

I know my Blog is not all that or that large…yet. But after spending about 4 hours reading on-line I came to the conclusion that maybe I am right and Comcast is in fact wrong. You know you are doing wrong and once the truth comes out, you will have to eat some serious crow. “The truth shall set you free!”

I then noticed a very good friend of mine (http://travis.sarbin.net/) was going through the same damn thing and he also received a message from Comcast themselves. Basically from what I read, you are just trying to play PR to tech world. Guess what, we only have one thing for you to do Comcast. Please read the following statement out loud for all to hear.

I AM SOFA KING

WE TODD DID!

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Friday, May 30, 2008 by Myke.

How often have you gone out for dinner and drinks and had horrible service and okay food? If you are like me, you eat a lot and love to eat out. In my many years as a food carnivore I have seen and dealt with just about every type of service you can think of. Now before I begin, understand that I always treat my server with respect and always thank them even if it was bad service and/or the food was bad. When I was young I worked in the food industry so I understand their pain and what they go through. It takes a great person with a great heart and a love for the job to make a great server.

That brings us to John "The Bomb" Archuleta over at Brewery Bar III in Lone Tree, Co. He is now our personal server every time we go and he ALWAYS treats us like his best friends. Now I know what you may be thinking…he treats you that way to earn a good tip. You are 100% correct but at the same time, he has the most repeat customers and his very own groupies (his loyal weekly customers). We have taken many of our friends to eat with us and introduced them and everyone of them loves his service and loves their food. Except one little pork hating mother-to-be. We still love you Amanda, even if you cannot beat my all time solitaire record.

What makes their food so good? If you like green chili, cold drinks, liqueur filled margaritas and GREAT mexican food, then this is the place to be. There is a total of 3 Brewery Bar’s in Colorado now and they all serve great mexican food. We will always go to the famous and amazing Brewery Bar III just to see John and hear his joyful and exciting voice.

If you would like to see more, please visit their web site at http://www.brewerybar3.com/. If you do not live in Colorado, sorry, but if you let me know when you come to town we can always meet up there and enjoy the evening.

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Friday, May 30, 2008 by Myke.

This is the stuff you cannot make up people!  Clay Aiken is going to be a father, yes that gangly little guy from American Idol.  He actually had “sexual relations” with a woman.  Now granted she is 50 years old and he is only 29, but they will soon be having a child.  Okay, so I would be the first to say that I thought he was of the same sex relationship type but maybe I was wrong.  But then I see him on TV and on the news and I still think he is having sword fights on a regular basis.  But then the redemption of the story unfolds…he is just a sperm donor and she was artificially inseminated.  The she in this story is Jaymes Foster and she is the lady who has produced several of his CD’s.  Wait, he has several CD’s out there???  Okay this story is getting deeper by the minute.

 We have let the likes of Vanilla Ice make a CD, Snow made a couple of CD’s before being deported back to Canada but Clay Aiken has several?!?  At least with Jaymes Foster being artificially inseminated we can be rest assured that Clay is happily still chasing the pool boy and waxing his legs.

Reference article: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20203048,00.html

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Friday, May 30, 2008 by Myke.

So I work for this great company in Lo-Do (Questar) and also run my own IT Consulting company (Homerun) and have dealt with many vendors over the last 14 years. Many of which always offer you great service and support but in the long run they always do what is best for them and their business. I can totally understand that to a point. But that is for a later discussion…yes your time is coming Mr. Chokes on Cockmoore. That was until my buddy Travis and I met Greg Ask, who is currently employed with Lewan and Associates as a technically sales rep. We met him when he worked for another company, not to be named. Ever since he sold us our first LeftHand SAN module and our first HP server, he has never let us down and has always gone above and beyond what is expected of him. We decided to nominate Greg for "Kick Ass Dude of the Year" but later found out that that award is not even real. Well Greg, take a break, have a nice cold beer and take a bow. So if you are in need of any IT/IS hardware/software/support, do not hesitate to e-mail Greg today.
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