Re: Cox interferring with Tor

From	anon <anon@invalid.info>
References	<ee6ff65f6200801e1e7c48bd68d11919@msgid.frell.theremailer.net>
Subject	Re: Cox interferring with Tor
Message-ID	<22e37d33c5c2295f30d9071c02e2ef78@msgid.frell.theremailer.net> (permalink)
Date	2025-03-19 08:44 +0100
Newsgroups	alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.dcom.sys.cisco, comp.os.linux.networking
Organization	dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider

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On 18 Mar 2025, Nomen Nescio <nobody@dizum.com> posted some
news:ee6ff65f6200801e1e7c48bd68d11919@msgid.frell.theremailer.net: 

> Cox business class customer provides guest Wi-Fi access to transcient 
> contractors.
> 
> Some of them use Tor Browser to access support docs remotely.
> 
> After some recent Cox repairs and upgrades, Tor is unreliable. 
> Constant circuit loss, retries on new circuits etc.  
> 
> Cox Internet in general seems reliable, no losses, drops, fast.  No
> other complaints.  
> 
> VPN out of the network and bring up Tor.  
> 
> Tor connection issues stop, reliable, responsive and no more
> reconnects. 
> 
> Drop the VPN, Tor issues return.
> 
> Go to local outlet mall for lunch, it has Cox Wi-Fi.  
> 
> Run the same test for the heck of it, Tor unreliable.  Connect to VPN,
> Tor reliable for the duration of the hour long lunch.
> 
> Whatever Cox did recently is causing Tor circuits to drop.  Rebooting
> the office Cox equipment and internal switches did not change
> anything. 
> 
> The Tor issue is not occurring on a T-Mobile phone Wi-Fi hotspot, or a
> T- Mobile phone Ethernet hotspot.  Tor remains reliable.  FYI, the
> T-Mobile D/L - U/L = 538 Mbps / 35 Mbps.
> 
> Verizon phone Wi-Fi hotspt, no Tor issues there.  The Verizon phone
> did not support Ethernet hotspot.  
> 
> AT&T wireless phone Wi-Fi hotspt, no Tor issues there.  The AT&T phone
> did not permit Ethernet hotspot, it was greyed out.  

Probably wasn't just Cox.  They use outbound hi-speed long links that 
belong to other providers.  There were issues all over the US and ChinaNet 
earlier today.  Seems to have calmed down now.

https://www.thousandeyes.com/outages/
https://www.pingdom.com/outages/
https://outage.ant.isi.edu/

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