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and I get (at least) weekly mail-in ads from the providers in my area... and when you subscribe, they replace the wire that goes from your house to the pole, but they use the same old copper (and some techs even tell you that it is fiber...)


I get a card in the mail every week offering me "High Speed Internet" from Centurylink, no speed specified anywhere on the mailer (it is actually 12 down 768k up).

Meanwhile I have a 100/7 connection via HFC from the CableCo.

Mind you, they send me a mailer every week too, asking me to subscribe to TV and Phone services...




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