So I recently got Charter cable internet (10 megs) put it.  The cables are still laying from the pole to our house, not buried.

We just had a bad storm.  As soon as it started, bellsouth dsl went down.  Then directv satelitte went out of placement as 1.5 inches of rain came down.

It also affected the digital analog converter box in our kitchen.

But what did it not effect?  Charter cable.

Just ran a speed test, usual speed for 3 to 7 (10 megs).

I can't speak for people who have problems with charter cable, but having them put in a brand new cable line instead of using an old one has done wonders for us.

And if you ask why we kept everything on, we have 5 opti-ups uninterputable power supplies.