11 mpbs D and 3 mbps U .

IN-SPITE of this I keep getting fading and totally crappy voice from Skype – like waxing and waning effect hearing opp side. Opp side also can hear only my broken bits and pieces.

Then I switched immediately to DSL from SBC ( neighbor’s ) :
3 mpbs D and 0.78 mbps U .
and I can hear skype CLEARLY.

SO yes it is a comcast thing ..it looks like. But I had the same provider at the place 40 miles away and never had this problem. THIS STARTED FOR ME LIKE SINCE I MOVED TO THIS NEW PLACE !!!!
I deleted the shared.xml file everytime ( that has the methods skype uses to contact other service providers ) to see if it helped. I doubt it did .
I dont know what’d be the problem. HOW does comast ID a Skype Packet.
I had disconnection problems over a COMCAST connection for justvoip too but less bad as skype. Skype was the worst.

I’ve had the same drop outs using skype.

On 2 different types of operating systems. One Ubuntu running skype for Ubuntu, and running skype on windows 7. Both drop out on wired connection, and wireless.

This has been an ongoing problem for over a year, and comcast refuses to address the issue or flat out denies any issues. Typical.

A temporary solution is to reboot the cable modem which gets a fresh connection and things are fast again for a few minutes before Comcast hammers Vonage again.

I do not trust Comcast.

If I even load up any torrents, even with minimal settings (10 connections max, 1 file at a tme, 100k down, 10k up), if I connect to ONE peer, my web browsing speeds drop to zero (or nearly) for 15 minutes.

That’s bad enough.

I also have a MagicJack telephone device. I’ve now found that when I make/get calls with it, it seems to “clog” those same network management nodes, and “bam!” – Internet speeds are cut to zero for 15 minutes.

FOR USING A COMPETITORS PHONE SYSTEM!

Protocol-agnostic, my butt.

And last night, when my speeds finally came back? I started looking for competitors in the area (Minneapolis = no competition). And know what I was running into?

Network speeds being determined by WHAT I WAS SEARCHING FOR! I could do my daily reading, (politics comedy) just fine, but toss in “ViOP” or “torrent” into the Google search, and BAM! Slow-speeds again.

I hate Comcast with the energy of 1000 burning suns. Our state governor should be HUNG for allowing this monopoly to stay in place.

But he likes their donation checks (and his quest to run for President in 2012) more than he likes the citizens.

BOYCOTT COMCAST! Get DSL and Dish network instead.

What really clued me in is how bad my internet service declined the day I hooked up Vonage. Now almost every site I try to visit is SUPER-SLOW to connect or it times out both in IE and FF browsers. It matters not if it’s online banking or just visiting a site – it drags and drags and then gives an error page about the slow connection, etc.

I must say that the Vonage service is amazing – I quit AT&T and the call clarity and quality is excellent, so it’s the internet connection that I’m upset about… so much so that if I cannot resolve it, I’ll have to go back to regular telephone and I don’t want to.

I agree with several of you and I think that they are pulling some sleazy tricks and hope that the FCC gets all over them (the FTC too, for that matter – there should be freedom of choice!).