Count me in the anecdata column against that. I have Comcast at home which disconnects 6 times per day for 5-30 minutes per session and they refuse to believe it is their fault (constant ranging response timeouts on two DOCSIS modems says otherwise) and CenturyLink at work is up 24/7 with only one restart of the modem needed in the last 12 months with consistent 30/30 bandwidth for $50/month.
CenturyLink doesn't serve my home with anything better than 6/1 service otherwise I'd use them. Thank god for regional monopolies.
I'll be happy to provide my name in the against column. I used to subscribe to an ADSL service starting about a decade ago through a local ISP, but I was required to lease the copper connection through Qwest which was acquired by CenturyLink. I could always tell when someone new moved into the neighborhood and signed up with CenturyLink because the technician would always climb up the pole and disconnect me in order to hook up their line. That's not to say that my speeds weren't great (was paying for 7/1, which is what I received), but the cost on the leased line was extraordinary. By the time I canceled the monthly bill for a dead phone line to my ISP climbed from about $25 to $60, still for 7/1 service.
I only switched to Comcast at home last year because it was 2013 and 1Mbit upload speeds for the price I was paying was ridiculous. At least with Comcast I know how to play the "the cost is too high, do you have any special offers this month?" game. They've been just as consistent, without the physical disconnects.
CenturyLink doesn't serve my home with anything better than 6/1 service otherwise I'd use them. Thank god for regional monopolies.