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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
5. Another disgruntled Frontier customer here.
Wed May 14, 2014, 04:17 PM
May 2014

Often charts are posted showing different ISP speeds, and Frontier is always in the bottom third place.

Online streaming is not available in Linux, so I have no gripe re: Frontier streaming.
However, at peak periods, my connection slows down.
Sadly, living out in the boonies, we have only 2 options for internet, and I refuse to use Mediacom, their record of responding to problems is even more horrendous that Frontier's dsl.

Yes, Your Internet Is Getting Slower [View all] grahamhgreen May 2014 OP
Frontier SamKnause May 2014 #1
and now you know why.... call them up and read them the article or send it to them, lol! grahamhgreen May 2014 #2
To recognize the amount of this that happens... Shandris May 2014 #3
I have never had either one of those things happen. SamKnause May 2014 #8
I'm sorry Sam, I may not have been clear. Shandris May 2014 #9
Another disgruntled Frontier customer here. dixiegrrrrl May 2014 #5
I feel your pain. SamKnause May 2014 #7
yes, the free market. ejpoeta May 2014 #10
Calling google fiber... Fearless May 2014 #4
Google fiber Seedersandleechers May 2014 #20
Verizon used to tell us we were too far from the transmission point LiberalEsto May 2014 #6
The United States should be friggin' embarrassed by how backwards and behind the times its internet quinnox May 2014 #11
Except, the U.s. isn't embarrassed by how behind-the-times its healthcare or transportation grid are villager May 2014 #27
Other countries are faster and cheaper: grahamhgreen May 2014 #34
It can be more than just your "tubes" getting all clogged up. bvar22 May 2014 #12
I pay for a higher speed of FiOS and one I leave Verizon's network, the log jams occur. TheBlackAdder May 2014 #13
But DU is always super fast! frazzled May 2014 #14
Unless you are a CenturyLink customer... Thor_MN May 2014 #19
Wow! I can vouch for major problems getting onto DU since last Friday until Monday when Cha May 2014 #23
Who are you paying for your internet connection? Thor_MN May 2014 #25
I'm wifi in this studio.. I think they have TimeWarner, though. That's big on Kaua'i.. Cha May 2014 #26
Probably something happened with CenturyLink's DNS sweetloukillbot May 2014 #31
No, it wasn't CentruryLink's DNS Thor_MN May 2014 #36
... OilemFirchen May 2014 #15
Outrageously Cha May 2014 #24
some time ago the head of i think fronteir--some lady --was quoted saying she did not see the need dembotoz May 2014 #16
I don't think the cable companies anticipated how much streaming would take off sweetloukillbot May 2014 #30
Welcome to Deregulation - Bitches FreakinDJ May 2014 #17
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2014 #18
k&r Duppers May 2014 #21
interesting. kick Liberal_in_LA May 2014 #22
Excellent take on a complicated issue. pa28 May 2014 #28
... handmade34 May 2014 #29
The government needs to take over the Internet emsimon33 May 2014 #32
Should be the new Postal Service grahamhgreen May 2014 #33
And of course we seem to be headed the other way n2doc May 2014 #35
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