3 May
2014
3 May
'14
8:21 p.m.
On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 7:00 AM, <44net-request(a)hamradio.ucsd.edu> wrote:
During some cell site work last night, I seem to have
experienced
Comcast dropping packets from point A to point B simply based on the
fact that their IP protocol was GRE (IP protocol 47). I also found some
posts on the Internet that claim Comcast wishes to charge more money to
transport GRE packets. I'm not sure if this is true, or if I made a
mistake somehow in my traffic handling. Therefore...
If you really WERE working in a professional role on such equipment, and
you ACTUALLY DID notice GRE packets missing, I would hazard a guess that
you were perfectly capable of scripting up nc, nmap etc, with some bash or
python to do as you ask, instead of trolling this networking group with
your political goals.
On topic though, I do recall some recent amendments to law (actually rules
of a corporation, not real law) where it was specifically forbidden that
any ISP rate-limit any service whatsoever, and then charge to un-limit it,
so likely the govt is ahead of you on this one. Perhaps an email to the
company concerned with a polite request for the same information, and an
implied threat to write some network discovery tool might net you dividends
you seek, or at least a straight answer - rare as they are.