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My only other option is a 3Mb DSL line.

For the past few years I have subscribed to DSL, just to avoid feeding Comcast. Comcast/Cable Internet should be regulated like a utility.

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I had 4Mb DSL once. It was okay, then water got into the line somewhere and I was moved to a different pair that could only manage 2Mb. Naturally the phone company couldn't GAF and I had no way to remedy the problem other than cable. The existing utilities should be forced to maintain a suitable quality of service.

Yeah, the way they neglect their infrastructure is an incredible load of shit. If you have phone service (real phone service; a voip service like the one AT&T tries to push with Uverse is basically unregulated) on the same line and it's experiencing problems however, you can get the FCC involved if they refuse to fix it.

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