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by james_white 2395 days ago
This hits home for me right now. I'm currently in the midst of fighting Frontier (bonded DSL 12/1) and frequent disconnects every 2-3 min. They're the only terrestrial ISP available at my home and the DSLAM has been oversold for two years per a tech lead. They have 0 incentive to upgrade the infrastructure here. The area I live in isn't even very rural, and it's one of the fastest growing towns in the Seattle area. New neighborhoods in the town are getting fiber but they're not upgrading any outdated infrastructure. Why would they?
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In the same situation with CenturyLink. Sounds like I'm more rural but the DSLAM has been here for over ten years and AFAICT has never been upgraded.