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   -=> Alan Ianson wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    AI> Dallas told me the problem is out at the pole, so I don't know why they   
    AI> can't get someone to climb the pole and fix their stuff.   
      
   Last month, our local CenturyLink tech (we're blessed to have a really    
   good one) traced the issues we were having to a section of underground    
   line that took a direct lightning hit.  His boss approved his request to    
   have the line replaced but the higher-ups at CenturyLink denied the    
   request!   
      
   So our tech, being resourceful, installed a jumper for us around the    
   problem area.   
      
   Suddenly we're now, for the first time in six years, getting our full    
   speed here for DSL (20 down, 2 up).   
      
   CL just doesn't want to spend money fixing its aging infrastructure    
   outside of cities.  No money in it and the government doesn't give out    
   subsidies even though the US has the highest-taxed telecommunications    
   infrastructure in the world...greedy bastards.   
      
   Later,   
   Sean   
      
      
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