Back when I first signed up with Embarq (now CenturyLink), my connection worked great except for when it would start to rain locally. At that point, the connection would totally fail, and while the modem would repeatedly try to sync itself, there was no more using the web until the rain stopped. Tech after tech came by for a look and tried to fix it, but none ever could.
After several years of this behavior, it was raining hard one day and I realized I still had a good connection. I have no idea what they fixed or replaced, or where in the line they did whatever they did, but the problem had mysteriously vanished. My guess is that they didn't even know they had fixed an outstanding issue.
A few months back, I opted for a faster connection that required some wiring changes on the telephone pole along with a different modem. The connection is achieving the speeds advertised, but guess what? Now, every time it is even about to rain, the connection slows to an absolute crawl, or starts repeatedly trying to sync itself, and I have to wait until the rain has come and gone before it is usable again.
There are plenty of threads on these forums where others have had, or are still having the same issue, so I won't bother with trying to get the problem corrected because I don't think CenturyLink has any techs talented enough to figure it out, but it seemed important to note the issue here for future reference. In the interim, I'll just find something else to do on those rainy days.
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