Now I see the problem....it had a bent camshaft.... -- Rural users don't need broadband. We're just a bunch of hicks on Welfare. How about outsourcing your call centers to us?
It does look like a cam shaft. Just maybe some disgruntled customer felt that their dsl service was crappy and figured that blowing up the DSLAM would force ATT to make those repairs they've been saying were not needed.