In a startling series of events, Cincinnati Bell managed to get my new DSL line working. No one is more shocked than me! Evidently my loop length was in fact no where near 22 k feet, because I'm seeing download speeds between 3 and 4 Mb/s, which would be impossible at that distance. So basically I've been putting up with the cable company for over two years, for no good reason. Thanks AT&T!

The CinBell tech came out and determined that my DSL problems were caused by noise or other problems on the line, rather than the loop length. They dispatched AT&T (ILEC who owns the lines) to fix it, and they were onsite within two hours. They found and removed a bridge tap, and after a few more changes on the ISP's side, I was suddenly able to keep my DSL line mostly stable at about 3.5 Mb/s.

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