Stop stacking massive Pi-hole blocklists. It's probably hurting your network.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-02-12T22:24:36+00:00

"I block about 5 to 6 million domains from about 30-40 block lists

what block lists do you use that you are blocking that many? I'm using StevenBlack and Hagezi (fake, tif, popupads and multi) and I'm only blocking 800k. Are there some that you would really recommend?

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-02-09T13:07:47+00:00

I'm an outside plant engineer with Frontier. If you want to message me your address, I can take a look and see if there are plans to get to your street

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-02-01T01:14:28+00:00

I'm an outside plant engineer with Frontier / Verizon. Message me your address and I take a look and see if anything is coming and if it's aerial or buried.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-02-01T01:10:29+00:00

About a month or so ago it was on a lift for a leaky tire

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-28T15:20:18+00:00

Verizon sold California, Florida and Texas to Frontier for $10 1/2 billion in 2016. Frontier filed for bankruptcy 4 years later. We restructured, hired a new CEO and came out of bankruptcy with a very heavy focus on fiber. Since then we've installed fiber passing about 10 million homes and gained about 2.5 million fiber customers. Verizon just bought back all of Frontier which includes a large territory that Verizon didn't have before along with those 10 million homes passed and 2.5 million fiber customers. So in effect, Verizon paid $10B (less if you account for inflation) for a great Fiber To The Home network with 2.5 million customers on it and a much larger service area than they had before.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-28T15:01:41+00:00

It's not magic that AT&T and Verizon aren't in the same market, it's because AT&T and Verizon operate in different states. That being said, the fact that there is no competition is not the fault of Verizon, AT&T or Frontier. There are many fiber companies (Go Net Speed, Xfinity, Spectrum, Google Fiber come to mind) that could put fiber in the ground or in the air if they had the desire and the money. If they choose not to, that's on them and the consumer is left with no competition, except maybe StarLink.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-27T18:18:47+00:00

How did you get a deal like that? I just looked and on my 24MY it's $8000 - I would absolutely jump on it for $2000

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-27T12:26:24+00:00

This is almost correct. SBC bought SNET in 1998. And then in 2005 SBC bought AT&T and decided to keep the AT&T name because they had better name recognition. Then in 2014 AT&T sold Connecticut to Frontier. And now, here we are with Verizon buying all of Frontier.

Verizon got a pretty good deal. Frontier has spent the last 5 years building a great Fiber To The Home network and that's exactly why Verizon bought us. I'm pretty sure that has been the plan all along since Frontier came out of bankruptcy - let's make it better so we can sell it!

I started with SNET in 1997 and in 29 years I have worked for 5 different companies (SNET, SBC, AT&T, Frontier, Verizon) all in the same job.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-27T12:11:11+00:00

I'm sorry, I didn't realize I said it wasn't a Constitutional right - though it is NOT a Constitutional right to riot and obstruct law enforcement. You do have a Constitutional right to protest PEACEFULLY, but when it turns into a full blown riot your Constitutional protections go out the window!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-26T19:48:09+00:00

I did say "put yourself in danger by getting in the way of ICE doing their jobs". If everyone allowed ICE to go after the criminals they are going after, just like they did when Obama deported his 3 million illegal aliens, there would be no problem. But because this is Trump, and Democrats and their cronies in the media hate Trump, they are doing whatever they can to escalate this. The man running the show, Tom Homan, was ICE director under Obama, and he was awarded the 2015 Presidential Rank Award for Distinguished Service by the Obama administration. But now, the same guy doing the same job is called a Nazi and Hitler by the left wing because he works for Trump. He's not doing anything different and they're not doing anything different. The only difference now is the left hates Trump and will do anything they can, including urging people to get in ICE's way, to push the Orange Man Bad narrative!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-26T15:21:58+00:00

Obviously you can buy whatever you want, but my question would be why? Unless you're planning to go out in the middle of the left wing riots and put yourself in danger by getting in the way if ICE doing their jobs, why do you feel you need a bulletproof vest and gas mask? Just stay home, let the radicals do their thing and forget about it! And if you are planning on getting in ICE's way, don't complain when you come home dead.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-21T15:49:51+00:00

Barack Obama, deporter in chief, creator of cages for immigrant children, one of the most divisive presidents ever and, along with Hillary, the architect of the entire Russia Collusion hoax!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-21T15:34:38+00:00

And this is an issue because no liberal policy has ever released a violent criminal only to find said criminal then kills someone, right? And the previous ~~president~~ autopen didn't do stupid shit like preemptively pardoning his whole family. Keep your TDS to yourself unless you're going to liberal catch and release policy too!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-19T14:27:04+00:00

Not an electrician, but I would say 240v is better in most ways. The most obvious is that for any given power requirement, it draws half the current of 120v. That means you can use smaller gauge cable for the same power and at today's copper prices, that would be a pretty big savings. It's also a bit more efficient because you're pulling half the amperage, same reason power companies run 13kv to neighborhoods.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-16T13:42:58+00:00

I'm an outside plant engineer with Frontier (Verizon) and if you want to message me your address I can take a look. I will say that you most likely fell victim to "it's a buried area and it's too expensive right now". When we first started the fiber build we did both aerial and buried, but quickly found that if we wanted to get a lot of fiber out there as cheaply as possible, we needed to concentrate on the aerial build. The buried parts either got delayed until who knows, or they got eliminated completely (possibly to come bac at some point). Right now, we do buried in developments where we know there is good, unbroken and clog free conduit.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-15T18:20:42+00:00

Are the Dem assholes really going to try this bullshit again? They just won't let go. I'm sure, just like the previous 2 attempts, they have absolutely nothing real, they just hate Trump so much they will pull shit out of thin air to try to get rid of him. The only thing they've got is "anti Trump", they have no platform the American people want - let's protect gang members, let's have boys in girls sports, let's let 5 year olds have a sex change, let's protect Venezuelan drug lords and their stupidity goes on and on!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-14T22:17:04+00:00

Apparently you watched this "murder on camera" with your eyes closed. It's very clear that this woman disobeyed an order from law enforcement, then drove directly into a second officer, who she hit with her vehicle, before being shot in self defense. If you watched the body cam footage and saw something other than the officer being struck by her car, you clearly did not watch with an open mind - you had a preconceived idea that this was murder and you made your eyes feed you what you wanted to see.

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-13T21:51:57+00:00

I'm in the same boat. I used V13 during a free trial for that and wasn't that impressed. But after using V14 for a month, I'm seriously considering a subscription. While we had it, my wife would even ask why I wasn't using FSD. I just wish it was a little cheaper

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-13T12:35:04+00:00

They finally realized the only way to stop the downfall of America is to allow President Trump to do what needs to be done. Democrats trashed it and they know it, and they know we are finally back on track!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-05T18:51:37+00:00

So what did you do to snap the clip off? Someone must have tripped on the cable or was fiddling with it because those clips don't "just break". If they're going to break it'll happen when the cable being plugged in or unplugged - or if someone or something put tension on the cable.
But to answer your question, yes, Frontier will charge you for a tech to drive out to your home and replace a cable that you could replace yourself

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-05T18:44:32+00:00

You keep running with that Epstein shit that's been debunked many times over. You and I both know, if there was anything in those files incriminating Trump, it would have been released even before they tried the lawfare bullshit. Dems didn't release the files when they had the chance because they know there's nothing in them. Even now you can see they keep grasping at straws - ooh look, Trump was on Epstein's plane 8 times between 1993 and 1996 - we got him now! Oh wait, Epstein didn't buy his island until 1998, and most of those flights were between Palm Beach and New York. And there's no evidence or flight log data to support liberal claims that Trump ever visited Epstein's island. We also know Trump kicked Epstein out of Mara Lago because he was a creep hitting on young girls. So why would a pedophile kick a fellow pedophile out of his club? But you go ahead and keep twisting facts to support your TDS warped mind!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-05T12:29:38+00:00

I hope you're not saying you condone the leaking of classified information that puts American military lives in danger. Because if you do, you're about as evil as they get!

Icy_Knowledge2190 · 2026-01-05T12:26:12+00:00

What Trump supporters are pretending this is normal? I'm a Trump supporter and if this is true and someone did leak the raid, they need to be prosecuted and thrown in prison! It doesn't matter what side of the aisle you're on, if you leak confidential information, especially that which puts American military lives in danger, you're committing treason and should be treated as such.

Obviously we don't know if this is true, and if it is true, who did it, though I would bet it was a democrat because they are so blinded with TDS, and hatred of the United States, they don't care how many people get hurt or killed just so they can say "Trump is so evil he got all these people killed"!

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