Frontier modem & internet

enblethen wrote:
DSL requires a four wire, two pair, connection. It is possible that the pairs are reversed.

Nope, not exactly true..

Your thinking of "bonded" DSL where there is a bonded pair.

Standard DSL however only requires TWO WIRES which is ONE PAIR and is much more common that bonded.

Don't know what OP has but if they are in the same situation I was with Century Link (who also owns Frontier) the OP like myself doesn't have bonded as an option.

DSL can be put on and coexist on the same copper wire as the analog phone via "duplexing", the voice portion of analog phone goes up to about 2-3khz, the DSL digital carrier starts above 2-3Khz. A special DSL filter is required at each analog phone. The DSL filter filters out all frequencies above the voice portion. Remove the filter and you will get an earful of digital buzz.

Bonding where available requires 4 wire (two pair) and a special modem that handles bonded DSL. The bonding allows for faster speeds than non bonded. But 4 wire (two pair) bonding is only available in limited areas and only if the PhoCo has enough DSLAM provisions available and operating.

The biggest problem with DSL now days is PhoCos have abandoned all copper systems and letting them rot on the vine. New equipment is no longer being manufactured and what PhoCos have left is used old junk waiting to finish withering and fall off the vine. They are not expanding copper, nor maintaining copper, when it quits, well you may be out of luck if they do not have any available working DSLAMs to switch you to..

DSL at this point in time is dead..

I moved on after dealing with extreme high latencies, lagging connections and no hopes of getting higher than 1.5 mbps connection even though only one property away could get 6 mbps..

We had to move to cableco Internet since DW had to work from home and DD had all of her classes move online and 1.5 mbps wasn't cutting it.