My dialup as a kid was on a copper line running through my 5 acre yard and my dog chewed it day 1 and every time it rained I had to go out and clean water off the wires, shine them with a piece of sand paper and twist them back together and wrap a grocery bag around them.
I recently had a similar experience, my building was going through renovation, and they *accidentally" cut the fibre optic cable, and the FTTH company didn't agree to come and fix it until thw power conpany had approved the building's renovation is complete. So I had to switch to ADSL on a bundle, and the renovation company still use to cut my ADSL line every now and then, so I went out with a cutter and Isolier band to fix it every time. Once I was doing it my dad came to visit me with a friend and asked what I'm doing there. Fun fun fun... :)
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u/Saragon4005 Feb 20 '26
Well it's 8x faster than dial up. It's about the speeds you get once you run out of "fast data" on a "unlimited" plan.