Max DSL speeds?

Has anyone else dealt with their Max ADSL dropping out while browsing? Whether I'm using Mozilla or IE, it just cuts out after a few minutes of being online.
The status still says "connected," but I can't even load Google.
Every single time, I have to manually disconnect and then reconnect just to get things moving again.
I've reached out to AT&T, but they can't seem to find any fault with the line.😕

The folks over at AT&T wouldn't even notice a connection failure if they were practically standing on top of it.

Everyone saw this coming with those USB modems.

My USB modem is plugged directly into my network card. I know a few other people around here dealing with the exact same thing, yet they keep telling me there's something wrong with my computer.

It isn’t just happening to you, and it certainly isn’t a hardware issue, though I wouldn't expect the folks over at AT&T to ever admit that to your face.

Don't even get me started. Things are actually better today since they aren't cutting out on me every five minutes, though AT&T called again to check if I was having issues, which just led to me rambling on at them.
Now they’re claiming the whole region is down, but yesterday it was somehow my computer's fault. It's like they don't have a clue what's actually happening.

Honestly, it shouldn't come as a shock when they start offloading old junk that's been sitting in a warehouse for years—just straight-up clearance scrap. I mean, when you notice that not a single ADSL modem being handed out by AT&T even shows up on a standard router configuration manual, everything starts making sense...

I wouldn't claim to have any idea whatsoever.

That’s actually pretty "normal," if you can call it that, and I’ve definitely been there myself; honestly, I feel like I could write a whole book about the endless headaches I've dealt with since switching to this max ADSL plan back in November.
As for those annoying connection drops where the status still claims you're online, I used to run into that constantly whenever I had my old USB modem plugged in, but once they swapped it out for an Ethernet-based one, everything finally stabilized.

Even when I was living abroad, I dealt with this exact same headache. The second you stop actively scrolling—like, say, if you actually pause to read an article—the connection just dies. It’ll still show you're "connected," but absolutely nothing will load. You have to kill the connection and reconnect just to get things moving again, only for the whole cycle to repeat the moment you stop clicking...

The issue is definitely sitting at the local exchange. Give AT&T a call and tell them they need to fix their routing or whatever...

In the meantime, try running a tiny download in the background—something at a snail's pace, like 5 kb/s—and it should force a constant stream of data so the connection doesn't hang out on you...