I'll blame my house having 54 year old wiring in it. On the plus side, my internet is free - reimbursed by my employer since I'm part of an on call rotation (I'd gladly pay my own internet and not be on call like I have been for the past 13 years.)
Lol, you have uverse? Your installer screwed up. They're supposed to run a new home run line from your telephone network interface to the residential gateway. I know this because I used to install it.