Service in Area

running head: SERVICE IN YOUR AREA

Service in your area

Justin Armstrong

Dr. Biswajit Panja

CIS 505

February 26, 2012

Objectives

Research DSL and cable modem services available closest to your community. You may use neighboring communities or regions if your community does not have access to DSL or cable modem services. Researched material must be focused on the technical aspects of DSL and cable modem services. Marketed documents, white papers, or other advertisements may not be used for the completion of this assignment.

1. Identify the DSL and cable modem services referenced in this assignment and the region(s) in which they operate.

2. Compare and evaluate the speeds of DSL and cable modem that you researched.

3. Compare and evaluate the cost of DSL and cable modem that you researched.

4. Compare and evaluate the reliability of DSL and cable modem that you researched.

5. Recommend DSL or cable modem based on the previous comparison and evaluation of services available closest to your region. Explain your recommendation.

Identify the DSL and cable modem services referenced in this assignment and the region(s) in which they operate.

Bright House Networks serves customers across the U.S., in these markets: Bakersfield, California, Birmingham, Alabama, Orlando, Florida, Detroit, Michigan, Indianapolis, Indiana, and Tampa Bay, Florida. (Bright House Networks, 2012)

Information on what areas DSL covers or operate in is a little bit harder to come across. There are plenty of DSL service providers, but their websites want you to enter your home address to check for service availability. This only checks your location and doesn't give a general range of area in which they operate. For the purpose of this assignment I chose Verizon.

Compare and evaluate the speeds of DSL and cable modem that you researched.

Bright House offers (4) different speeds of their Road Runner service based on download and upload speed:

* Road Runner...