[Cialug] Mediacom's pop-up banners

Thu Feb 5 15:05:23 CST 2015

I'm not sure I can think of any other case where manipulating and modifying
someone's communications are legal, especially inter-state.

Try opening a USPS/FedEx/UPS package and adding junk mail sometime, or
tying into a phone call to discuss someone's bill...

On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Justin Richeson <neomatrixjr at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Ugh...I was thinking (dreading) of switching back to MC (internet only) for
> some savings if we got rid of our DirecTV...but that's just downright
> wrong.  How will the upcoming FCC changes affect this?  It seems like it
> should be criminal to me for them to affect your traffic (the actual data
> going back and forth.) like that.  I swear Mediacom is the WORST company to
> deal with.  I don't want to go back to them...but internet access is
> freaking expensive (thanks to area monopolies providers always seem to
> have).
>
> On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:
>
> > One last note:  As bad as Mediacom can be, I find that persistence pays
> > off.  If they won't fix your issue on the first call, find time to call
> > back.  When I do this I get things fixed.
> >
> > Sometimes the first person you get is either clueless or lazy.  By
> calling
> > back or asking for a higher "tier" person, you generally get better
> > support.
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Chris, I will check into that. If not, I will be using a VPN.
> I've
> > > setup a server at Atlantic.net where they have a "go" plan which is
> $0.99
> > > per month for a 256MB RAM server. I put that together so that my son
> and
> > > his friends could game without using Himachi, but now maybe the whole
> fam
> > > will use it.
> > >
> > > By the way, as a side-note rant regarding Mediacom, I'm really
> irritated
> > by
> > > them and want to change if there was an option. I'd had auto-pay on and
> > > realized as I was looking through my bills in Dec that they'd been
> > > over-charging me $30 a month (or $20 depending on how you look at it)
> for
> > > the last 8 months. I called them about it and they refused to do
> anything
> > > accept give me a credit of $60. I would have left them right then and
> > there
> > > except there really is no other choice.
> > >
> > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:56 PM, chris rheinherren <
> > > c.rheinherren at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > It can be disabled by tier2 at Mediacom. 
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > I have seen this as well.  Yes, perma-vpn seems like the only
> answer.
> > > I
> > > > do
> > > > > this with my phone, but generally not my home connection.  Since
> they
> > > > > raised the soft cap to 2TB/m for my level of service, I have not
> had
> > > the
> > > > > issue.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Ron Houk <houk.ron at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > I've seen this even though I use Google DNS.
> > > > > > On Feb 5, 2015 11:31 AM, "Daniel A. Ramaley" <
> > > daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I know. It frustrates me that i'm so close yet the wire
> distance
> > is
> > > > so
> > > > > > > far. Could we set up a high speed wireless connection between
> my
> > > > place
> > > > > > > and the central office? If the wireless antenna were set up on
> my
> > > > roof
> > > > > > > it would only have to be strong enough to pass through 1 tree.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 2015-02-05 at 11:19:41 David Champion wrote:
> > > > > > > > Really sad since you could throw a rock and hit the Central
> > > Office
> > > > > > > > from your house...
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -dc
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Daniel A. Ramaley
> > > > > > > > <daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
> > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Mediacom is the only cable internet provider in the area,
> > > right?
> > > > > > > > > I've
> > > > > > > > > actually been thinking of switching to them (<shudder>)
> > because
> > > > the
> > > > > > > > > maximum speed i can get from DSL is just so slow. (No fault
> > of
> > > my
> > > > > > > > > ISP; the phone wires in my neighborhood are bad.)
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Obviously i don't want my ISP mangling my traffic though.
> > > That's
> > > > > > > > > never been a problem with my DSL ISPs. Will i have to set
> up
> > a
> > > > > > > > > permanent VPN to work around this though if i switch to
> > cable?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On 2015-02-05 at 09:59:59 Matthew Nuzum wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > As the month goes on Mediacom will tell me that I'm
> nearing
> > > my
> > > > > > > > > > data
> > > > > > > > > > limit (grr) by embedding a banner atop of some websites.
> It
> > > > > > > > > > doesn't
> > > > > > > > > > seem to do it to SSL websites, but if I go to a non-SSL
> > > website
> > > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > will show up along the top of the page. For example, I've
> > > seen
> > > > it
> > > > > > > > > > atop my own website at http://www.bearfruit.org
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > When I check, the domain it is not altered.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Implicitly, this means to me that they're transparently
> > > > proxying
> > > > > > > > > > all
> > > > > > > > > > of my non-ssl web traffic through their servers which are
> > > then
> > > > > > > > > > re-writing the pages if they see fit. This makes me
> > unhappy.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > Is there any other explanation for what is going on that
> I
> > > may
> > > > be
> > > > > > > > > > missing?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > It used to be that when I saw this happening it meant my
> > DNS
> > > in
> > > > > my
> > > > > > > > > > router was not getting set. If I set the DNS servers to
> > > OpenDNS
> > > > > > > > > > that
> > > > > > > > > > wouldn't happen. But I'm pretty sure it's working now,
> > though
> > > > as
> > > > > I
> > > > > > > > > > write this I feel like I should double check that just to
> > be
> > > > > sure.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > __
> > > > > > > > > Daniel A. Ramaley  |  Network Engineer 2
> > > > > > > > > Drake Technology Services (DTS) | Drake University
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > T: +1 515 271-4540
> > > > > > > > > F: +1 515 271-1938
> > > > > > > > > E: daniel.ramaley at drake.edu
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