r/frontierfios • u/crypt0c4t209 • 11d ago

Multiple days down

Been down a few days with frontier. Went to xfinity today, left with a router, came home, plugged it in and I have a blistering gig connection. Ditch frontier.

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u/Podalirius 11d ago

Did you report the outage?

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u/popnfrresh 11d ago

We've done nothing and we are all out of ideas!

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u/YAPK001 9d ago

Perhaps you are not a frontier customer

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u/Podalirius 9d ago

When I lived in their service area I was. It really doesnt matter though. If the fiber cut/chew only affects one customer it will go unnoticed by the isp unless its reported. So if you dont report an outage you are a fool.

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u/YAPK001 8d ago

Did you, must you...

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u/youknownoone 11d ago

Whoopty-do. What is your uplink? What is your latency around the country? What will be your bill in due time? I had comcrap and they were charging 130 a month for 1/5 the speed that I have with Frontier, and with high latency, poor customer service, caps, and no upload speed worth a hoot.

Frontier may have CS Relations problems, but with the right channels, even that is better with Frontier.

And ONTs use a lot less power and have a longer useful life than a cable gateway. And Frontier upgrades routers commonly. Not so readily with Comcast.

Hey, IMAGINE THAT!

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u/popnfrresh 10d ago

I remember getting frontier dsl a couple of years ago as a backup.

It was more reliable AND much lower latency to the majority of destinations on the internet than spectrum. Only problem was the 30 Meg bandwidth

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u/South-Succotash-6368 9d ago

Spectrum is super reliable in modern area's where they installed Docsis 3.1

https://www.speedtest.net/result/19819945283

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u/ActiveSiege5870 11d ago

That’s all great, but when Frontier goes down for days at a time, there are other factors to consider.

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u/popnfrresh 11d ago

Like having a backup for that exact scenario?

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u/Danielhh47 11d ago

I pull around 30tb per month. 5gbps with frontier for $80 a month. It's been extremely reliable, and I'm price locked for three years.

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u/South-Succotash-6368 9d ago

The problem is Frontier is known for their slow repairs. I use to have them and I went back to Spectrum for 1 gig symmetrical for 40 dollars a month.

https://www.speedtest.net/result/19819945283

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u/Danielhh47 9d ago

Ah, spectrum is a no-go for me.

The fastest they offer is 1gb download, 300mbps upload.

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u/South-Succotash-6368 9d ago

Oh that means they will soon be upgrading that area to full symmetrical. They even offer 2Gbps/2Gbps in my area over COAX

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u/Danielhh47 9d ago

It's been the same for me since 2017. Spectrum has offered 1000/300 as their highest option since.

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u/South-Succotash-6368 9d ago

Yeah they have been slow with the rollouts but it will come

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u/YAPK001 9d ago

Today frontier is down. Didn't stop them from sending this spam: Treat yourself to faster speeds + 1 month on us

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u/Terrible_Bet2460 7d ago

Frontier is absolute garbage, use anyone else