Connectivity woes in Boston

[Chris Janicki]

> Earthlink claims I'm close enough to the CO, whereas Verizon claims I am 
not.


Verizon may be telling the truth.  From what I've learned, the DSL 
providers only put their equipment in select central offices (CO).  
Earthlink may have their equipment in a CO closer to you.

Regardless, beware of long DSL spans.  I had perfect DSL service when I 
lived in Brighon (100% underground cables, about 1 mile from the CO).  
But I was down 5-50% of the time when I moved to an area with overhead 
lines over 2 miles from the CO.  I had technicians at my home at least 6 
times but no one could fix it, so I went to AT&T Broadband cable and have 
been happy ever since.
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