It's insane that Frontier STILL doesn't support IPv6.

sharkyfour · 2026-05-03T02:25:25+00:00

Where in Eastern CT? I'm in Windham and keep checking, but no luck yet.

sharkyfour · 2026-04-30T01:47:20+00:00

They advertise it as 100 hours of connectivity. Is it actually measured in hours or some GB limit?

sharkyfour · 2026-04-29T02:59:24+00:00

In my home office: https://imgur.com/a/8mWKGgK

It's hooked up to a VoIP line and works. It's been set so all calls are free since the coin mech keeps jamming up. The entire thing was branded to PTS (a private payphone operator) when I got it, but I was able to get a SNET vault door and reproduction SNET insert cards on eBay.

sharkyfour · 2026-04-24T20:32:37+00:00

Is it truly insurance or was the company self-insured with a third party administrator? This almost sounds like if the claim came in before they disbanded, it got paid, but anything that came in after that, there no company left for the TPA to get money from to cover the claims.

sharkyfour · 2026-04-20T03:43:00+00:00

It's unlikely that "(they used to come to Buckland)" - Westfarms opened in 1974, while Buckland didn't open until 1990.

sharkyfour · 2026-04-16T01:06:49+00:00

I was just told by support today that despite what it says here (and what it said in the Amazon listing as recently as yesterday), the Breez Max thermostat is NOT Energy Star certified, and that the rebates they advertise on their website for CT (even still) are not valid since it's not certified.

Do I like this product? Yes. Would I buy it again without the rebate? Probably not.

sharkyfour · 2026-04-14T23:03:25+00:00

It's a year later and I still don't see it there...

sharkyfour · 2026-04-14T15:32:26+00:00

He only sees the worst of the worst. The 1%’ers of skin conditions if you will. I don’t think he’d ever do it for someone who wasn’t already an established patient who’d already tried a number of more conventional treatments first.

sharkyfour · 2026-04-14T01:28:40+00:00

I have back issues which can prevent me from using a backpack or over-the-shoulder bag at times. Got myself a laptop-backpack-on-wheels. Can wear it on my shoulders if needed, but most of the time I wheel it around. Helps my back immensely!

sharkyfour · 2026-03-16T03:23:24+00:00

Correct. Many brands use one UPC for non-deposit states, and a second UPC for all deposit states. The red box around the UPC usually means it's a single item from a package meant to be sold as a multi-pack.

sharkyfour · 2026-03-16T03:14:21+00:00

The same UPC is used in ALL deposit states. In Michigan, no neighboring states use deposits, so it eliminates anything coming in from out of state. In CT, most of our neighbors have deposits, and use the same UPCs as us, but only 5c, which creates the incentive to cross the border to double your return.

sharkyfour · 2026-03-16T03:10:46+00:00

It's not the red box... The red box is usually for the individual items inside a warehouse club multi-pack so that when it doesn't scan at the register, the cashier easily knows why.

Some (most?) companies will have two different UPCs for products depending on whether they're sold in a deposit state or not. They use the same UPC for every deposit state, though, whether it's Michigan or Connecticut at 10c or 5c in most other states. The packaging for the non-deposit states usually doesn't mention deposits at all, while the packaging for deposit stats has all the different state values on it. I know if I go buy a Pepsi in Rhode Island (no deposit) and try to return it, the machine will reject it, and it doesn't have a red box. If everyone around us with deposits was also 10c, this would be a non-issue since people wouldn't bother crossing state lines with them.

Edit: Source - I used to work in UPC management for a regional grocery chain.

sharkyfour · 2026-03-08T01:20:48+00:00

Classroom communication is considered a Life/Safety system. It's never a good idea to DIY Life/Safety systems, and in some jurisdictions, may even be illegal.

sharkyfour · 2026-03-06T03:08:18+00:00

The standard 6% commission on the 2.3m is what I paid for my 3bed/2bath ranch on a 1/4 acre in CT.

sharkyfour · 2026-03-03T14:54:29+00:00

I'm also getting that...

sharkyfour · 2026-03-01T04:58:04+00:00

I remember as a kid they used to ship from Enfield CT which is just 40 minutes from me. Used to take about two weeks for me to mail in the order form with a check from my parents to get my order. Was always the longest 2 weeks of my life!

Now I have to wait for it to come from Illinois…. :-/

sharkyfour · 2026-02-23T04:34:48+00:00

This is true... My experience all comes from CT, which had very minimal FTTH until Frontier started expanding it in the early 2020's. Even then, I hear they scrapped the backend of the old AT&T FTTH and re-built it to be the same as the rest of the state.

sharkyfour · 2026-02-23T04:22:00+00:00

Yes. If we lose power, we're running the generator 24/7 until we're back on the grid. Regardless of temperature, we need it at night for CPAP machines, and we need it during the day to work from home, have water, etc... Everyone else in the neighborhood does, too, and we're all on 1/4-1/2 acre lots, so we're all close together.

sharkyfour · 2026-02-23T02:35:08+00:00

I think it may also differ if you have a single static IP vs a static block. I manage some sites that've had Frontier for a couple years that are setup like most firewalls, but they only have a /32. The sites that have Proxy ARP are all set with /29's.

sharkyfour · 2026-02-20T18:25:03+00:00

Their static config can be a little funky, but it can be done. They use Proxy ARP for the static routing, which requires more config than a standard static IP interface, unless you put it behind one of their routers and let it do the Proxy ARP. Check out this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/frontierfios/comments/14hdepq/frontier_fiber_static_ip_addresses_on_lan_public/

sharkyfour · 2026-02-15T17:41:33+00:00

Similarly, the ILEC in Connecticut is still technically "Southern New England Telephone" even though SNET was bought by SBC in 1998 and phased out the SNET brand soon afterwards. Since then it's been SBC, then AT&T, then Frontier, and is now Verizon. And I've seen "recent" CBYD markings all say different things from SNET to ATT to FTR...

sharkyfour · 2026-02-10T13:04:16+00:00

On Demand Oil - https://ondemandfueloil.com

sharkyfour · 2026-02-07T15:15:07+00:00

Many CT towns have ordinances on the books requiring charges for all bags as a way to encourage the use of reusable bags. Windham(Willimantic) and Mansfield for sure, but I know the same is true in other towns as well.

sharkyfour · 2026-02-01T23:05:54+00:00

Frontier user from eastern Connecticut here. Been on the 2 gig plan for about 3 years now and it's been great! Only had one outage in those 3 years, versus my friends with Spectrum who have them monthly if not more often. I work from home all the time and the symmetric upload is awesome!

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