10 ms·
The funny thing is that, land of MIT and tech, the city of Boston has one cable company that is slow and overpriced.
by dk8996 11y ago
The funny thing is that, land of MIT and tech, the city of Boston has one cable company that is slow and overpriced.
- ericd 11y agoMIT itself has incredible internet, though. And a whole class A subnet.
- sschueller 11y agoWhy does MIT still need a /8 ? I would think most of their networks are internal and could just as well be served with a 10. address.
- doughj3 11y agoWhat? Boston has both Comcast and RCN, the latter of which is awesome and the former is decent (unlike how they are in other areas) due to the competition- I've used both. There's also FiOS depending on where in Boston you are.
- MrFoof 11y agoWhat Boston neighborhood -- not nearby city, Boston neighborhood -- has FiOS? I was fairly certain Verizon refused to deploy after Menino denied them tax breaks for a buildout, and have declared that they will never deploy within city limits. Ever. If I could get FiOS within Boston city limits, I would've moved to said neighborhood already. To be fair I can't complain about Comcast's service over the past 7 years at all -- I get what I pay for, been down once ever I think -- but I'd take FiOS in a heartbeat.
- geertj 11y agoMy appartment in Arlington MA has FiOS.
- dk8996 11y agoArlington is not really Boston. Cambridge and Somerville have more options than the city of Boston.
- MrFoof 11y agoThat was my point. Arlington is not Boston. It is Arlington. It was incorporated in 1807 and has not been annexed by Boston since. That's not the case for former towns like Charlestown and Dorchester (which have been annexed and are now large neighborhoods of Boston), but Arlington is not Boston -- which is exactly why Verizon was willing to deploy FiOS there. You cannot get FiOS within Boston city limits. Though I'm well aware that you can get FiOS in surrounding cities.
- dk8996 11y agoThe city of Boston doesn't have FiOS or RCN, only Comcast. There is a history of political maneuvering.
- jeffbax 11y agoRCN is available in only certain parts of Boston, but not all. I certainly had it in Brighton while living there.
- GFK_of_xmaspast 11y agoMIT is in Cambridge tho.