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DSL or Cable for Boston, MA?

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spartan

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I'm gonna be moving to Boston, MA soon and I was wondering whether DSL or Cable would be better. I have a friend there who says Verizon's DSL is horrible. Any ideas?
 
I live in the heart of Boston. Let me tell you cable in boston is a no go until 2003 possibly so dsl is the only viable solution. I have SDSL 256K from Megapath.net, they take care of all my dsl needs. Email if you want some help getting dsl in boston.
 
I'm in Weymouth Ma and get my interet access through Mediaone (AT&T). The speeds don't really live up to my expectations but I'm coming off a T3 at work and the difference doesnt bug me too much. I love it, but I've also got as many gripes.

DSL uses telephone lines vs. Cable which uses bandlines to the street, meaning that DSL connects point-to-point and cable is shared. The sharing scenerio is your biggest obsticule as when more users are online on a cable system you get network congestion (ssssssslow-stop-stutter). If you don't have a firewall with a cable modem your also open to bad traffic, but that's another story. People who dont see the point of Firewalls get what they deserve.

Anyhow, Dsl's switched network offers you dedicated bandwith which in years to come will be more value added due to streaming media and online gaming. However Dsl, is limited at times by the distance that you are from the hub, each DSL hub only allows for (n) amount of users in an area (a) times amount of users (n). So if the hub is located outside of what the telephone company feels is adequate before signal fade, they won't hook you up. Some local telephone companies are now either installing entirely new networks or simply adding signal boosters to fill the demand for the service.

Now here comes the caveat, The cable modems have the capacity to outperform their DSL counterparts but are mainly limited by the aforementioned network congestion times, I think having the cable modem for home usage is great and with cable companies adding more and more features to their services the cable will be your better bet for consolidating all of your data, eventual telephone, and live media requirements. Also, the cable systems are mostly all new, a lot of the DSL systems are simply new technology over the original 1970's copper wires that have been beneath the surface for about 30+ years with occasional patches of fiberoptics in-between. Great for 7mps from your pc to the hub on firecable then 2-3mps on the old copper wire to another hub where the cycle gets repeated again and again. These are lags you don't really notice but they are there. Say for example, Downtown Boston (new lines and all new fiberoptical cable) versus Weymouth (old cables and spliced in fiber optics near city hall, etc...etc...

(And verizon does suck).😕
 
But even If he moves into the city of boston(Not the burbs), he won't be getting cable. Dsl will be his only option for fast connection. I've been trying to get cable every since god knows when. Try Dslreports.com and just go from there for dsl isp's in your area of boston your moving to.
 
I've just checked thje MegaPath website and it seems that their home residential DSL services have been handed over to Telocity. I guess that makes MegaPath a N-O then.
 
I Have MegaPath Business SDSL SOHO, i'll never go residential with any isp cause of the way they treat ppl. Ask anyone Who had problems with Verzion.
 
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