What happens if it rains?

Living in an area around St. Louis, MO wherein charter is the only broadband ISP that carries service in the area, many of my neighbors along with myself are forced into choosing between charter and dial-up services. Charter throttles its traffic at strange times in the day, grinds traffic to a halt at strange times for seemingly no reason, and provides its customers with very vague answers or none at all. This is not the way an ISP should treat the customers. Charter is a monopoly ISP in my area and we all suffer for it. This new information regarding DPI is no suprise to me. Just another lousy thing that I have to deal with now. :(