Re: Most problems are people like you
Wow, you really have a chip on your shoulder about your ISP. Seeing as how I've worked as a Network and Systems Admin for 2 ISP's I'll clue you in on a few things.
1) If you believe your ISP is that bad you have the right to switch, seeing as how you're equipment states your in Tampa I'd assume you have more than one option.
2) Saying most ISP's have misconfigured there equipment is wrong, if that was the case then most ISP's would have been shut down by now. Saturation in the provider market is strong almost everywhere nowadays so one bad ISP will always be eaten by a better one based on customer satisfaction, I've seen it happen several times now, it's the nature of the game.
3) The traceroute you sent actually shows good return times. The most likely explanation is that your ISP has decided to block ICMP traffic at it's core. This is generally done to stop certain types of virus traffic, DDOS attacks, and a variety of other small attacks. It's usally only done at the core because that's your primary ingress point and will be the best place to block icmp without causing issues with tools monitoring the network.
4) You may know how to do a traceroute but that doesn't mean you actually know anything about WAN's. Include the fact that you've turned a simple forum thread into a bitch session and I'd say the reason no one wants to deal with you is because you have no clue as to what's actually going on and you're most likely the problem. Maybe you should take some time to run bandwidth tests both on and off network. I would also recommend shutting down your bit torrent client, netflix, pandora, and any bandwidth hogging programs.
5) Not once during your bitch session did you bother to mention what type of internet access you have and what package you've purchased. How fast is it, and how much bandwidth are you using regulary?
Finally, I'm not sure why I decided to respond to your rant, maybe it's years of listening to people like you pointing the finger. But the final call on this is if your ISP is that bad then switch, or maybe you don't want to because you're worried it is actually your problem and you just don't know what you're talking about.
