Home Internet Goes Out Every Couple of Hours

You may be in/near my market (also get "homed" to Charlotte here in Florence, SC).

Might want to watch your signal stats in the Home Internet phone app as you move/rotate the modem around.  The tower options/levels may have changed a bit.  May be able to lock a different band/tower with less congestion issues now.  Remember, stronger signal is what "looks" like lower number at first glance:  -89 is MUCH stronger than -92.

Been a LOT of changes recently.  Sprint  towers have been coming online, but signal levels have been a bit screwy.  Used to be able to easily swap to move between bands 2, 4, 66 amongst 4 towers by just shifting it a foot or so and turning a different angle.  Bands 71 and 10 just started showing up randomly, but 71 is the only alternate in that direction that seems to come up regularly.

Lately it is getting harder and harder to grab 66... it is a about 1/4 mile further then one of the band 2 towers that seems to have ramped up it's power a little.  Just under a mile from me, reorienting the modem has gotten me to where I can keep that band 2 around -88db, sometimes as high as -86db... but have yet to see it hit -92 or worse like the others tend to do.  When throughput goes south, it tends to plop me on band 4 for a while, then it flips back to that band 2 without me having to nudge it anymore. CQI has also been staying mostly 8 or better with it in this one spot (as was explained to me, that is basically an indicator of your prioritization level).

Also may want to select a different location to test against.  Routes to Charlotte tends to be considerably congested.  Probly why Spectrum uses Raleigh more often than Charlotte in their pathing from here.

Can type in a city and see a list of carriers to test against.  I like to use a Century Link in Seattle alot, as that is also Level3, a BIG peering partner for the southeast in general--lots of transport bandwidth in play, which helps to narrow down if erratic latency is more localized or not.  Alternatively, I'll hit some sites in Montreal as that tends to lean towards Cogent and TATA for the peering (other big names in the US).  If you go elsewhere along the Canadian border, you may get some Verizon in the mix (ALTER.NET), which can be very touch and go.  If you go the central/southern Cali or southern midwest spots, that tends to be Level3 and Zayo alot--not consistent which one will be in play, so it is kinda hit and miss.