OP - I feel your pain. I am also a tech geek with 43 years in IT field. I also had 1Gb AT&T fiber in GA for 5 years without 1 issue. I have 400Mb here and its terrible. Copper internet gives you decent download speeds but 1/20th of that for upload. I have a brand new house and the wiring that was put in was CAT6 but they used it for 3 phone lines (2 pairs). I rewired all the cables for rj45 and setup a 2nd router for better wifi coverage because the ISP modem/router doesn't cover the whole house.
I saved around $700 doing the terminations myself instead of the original installer wanting to come in and do it.
I have around 25 devices on my network due to whole house automation, multiple computers, iPads, iPhones, apple watches, door locks, garage doors, ecobee. and other devices
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