I had something similar happen to me when working in institutional purchasing, and Comcast responded to an RFI we put out.
For several months, I had been working unsuccessfully to get Comcast to fix my home connection which would drop several times a day. (Modem losing sync, down for 5-10 min usually.) A friend lived in the neighborhood, and we figured out something interesting was up when we saw each other drop from IRC at the same time.
So, Comcast comes in to discuss their RFI response, and I raised the question of plant monitoring and proactive maintenance. "If there was a problem which affected multiple customers, do you take measures to detect this?"
When they answered in the affirmative, I raised my issue and asked them to elaborate.
The problem was fixed the next day, turns out it was a failed weather seal on something nearby.