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Complaints mount over aging copper internet connections
Original: Flapping connections searching for open ports, crawling speeds littered with noise, kbits mbs MBs, not a single GBS, pac
Users are complaining about unreliable internet service, describing flapping connections that repeatedly search for open ports, slow transfer speeds measured in kilobits rather than gigabits, and noisy copper phone lines degrading data quality. The complaints target old DSL infrastructure, including DSLAM equipment, which struggles to deliver modern speeds despite space-age routers and modems on the customer side.
Why now: Frustration with slow, unstable copper-based DSL connections is a recurring grievance when people experience degraded service.
Evidence
- Flapping connections searching for open ports, crawling speeds littered with noise, kbits mbs MBs, not a single GBS, packets come packets go, like an information zoo, space age routers and modern modems, struggling to push and pull bits of data on copper full of mold, dslam's… · pasjrwoctx@social.2ndshot.photos · 2
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