‘What do I do if my Internet pipes freeze?’

The question in the headline, posed by an impish troll to readers of Reddit’s section devoted to networking – r/networking — was followed by this plea:

Hello there,

I live in Chicago and recently it has been very cold outside and I’ve noticed that my Internet is running super slow. And sometimes it refuses to connect at all. I think my pipes are frozen due to the extreme cold. I asked my IT guy at work and he said to check out Reddit for an answer so here I am IT gurus! Please help me. … Thanks.

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