[nycbug-talk] Proof that road runner sucks?

[Max Gribov]

So my cable connection is really slow. Calling Road Runner is pointless,
because ive already turned off and on my cable modem.
So i decided to tcpdump on the wire directly from cable modem to my laptop.
Heres some interesting tcpdump..

18:03:07.205333 arp who-has user-0cdfspr.cable.mindspring.com tell
user-0cdfs01.cable.mindspring.com
18:03:07.214745 arp who-has user-0cdfsnq.cable.mindspring.com tell
user-0cdfs01.cable.mindspring.com
18:03:07.231768 arp who-has cpe-68-174-122-163.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:07.246296 arp who-has user-0cdfsl9.cable.mindspring.com tell
user-0cdfs01.cable.mindspring.com
18:03:07.286365 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-26.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:07.335434 arp who-has user-12ldaab.cable.mindspring.com tell
user-12lda81.cable.mindspring.com
18:03:07.473139 arp who-has user-0cdfsvf.cable.mindspring.com tell
user-0cdfs01.cable.mindspring.com
18:03:07.512194 arp who-has user-0cdfsvt.cable.mindspring.com tell
user-0cdfs01.cable.mindspring.com


we can see arp requests by rr.com router for someone called
cpe-68-174-122-163.nyc.res.rr.com. OK i can understand that, even if it
makes those requests several times a second making my connection crap.
What i dont understand is how mindspring.com got there. Obviously, im
lacking knowledge of cable networks to comprehend something this crazy.
And more to the point of why rr sucks:

18:03:46.563600 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-171.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:46.563671 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-174.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:46.564726 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-176.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:46.564840 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-178.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:46.564912 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-179.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com
18:03:46.565972 arp who-has cpe-68-174-123-186.nyc.res.rr.com tell
cpe-68-174-112-1.nyc.res.rr.com

look at the times of those arps. Now consider the fact that their
network is doing this all the time, at least today - dozens of arp
requests per second.

I guess besides complaining about paying for crappy service, can anyone
shed light on why would i see so much arp traffic, and why would there
be mindspring arp traffic?..

Just venting, really.. happy holidays!