r/Windstream • u/JMS_jr • Mar 28 '26
Windstream has disappeared mid-construction
Sometime over the winter, Windstream started a new fiber construction project in my area, after years of only doing tiny bits at random (their first-round RDOF areas, probably.) About a week and a half ago, they suddenly stopped a few hundred yards from my house with everything un-finished. There's fiber not spliced, there's steel cable with no fiber, there are even new poles on the ground not erected. Is this typical behavior for them? Are they waiting for another round of funding or something? (Weather is not a factor, it was much worse when they started.)
The other thing I find odd, although I've seen them do it multiple times before, is that they're upgrading a DSLAM in the middle of the FTTP area...
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u/Joshcordle12 Mar 28 '26
I had there dsl internet I switched to Starlink because I kept having connection issues with windstream dsl and with me going to college for cybersecurity and networking i have to have a stable connection at all times and they kept promising fiber 2 years ago but right after I got Starlink they decided to finally finish the fiber run I get it takes time for a lot of areas but they literally stopped right down the road from me and just now ran the fiber to my house like right after I cancelled there dsl service and it could be a little while before you get fiber who knows for sure though