By definition, a telephone cable pair is guaranteed to talk, not send data. Your case will never hold water. If you want to get really specific, an old term is still in effect. That is the cable pair should support 1200 Baud. They will guarantee that. 1200 baud converts to 1200 bits per second.

DSL is your/their option.

Wayne

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