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High Speed Internet Connection at Independence Harbor

Below is some useful information on about high speed Internet connection at Independence Harbor.
The three main choices are: DSL, cable modem and wireless.
All the company contact information is contained in each section.

DSL
Verizon Avenue 1 866 892 8368
Verizon Avenue (A spin off from Verizon) has recently wired the Independence Harbor development so that all IH tenants can now use DSL (Before only some of the tenants could use the service)
They supply a DSL modem that is both Ethernet and USB based.
Their pricing schedule for Independence Harbor is:

If you also have Verizon long distance account they will continue to give you a $15 discount after the 6 months expires.
Rumor has it though that they make you use a thing called Verizon PPOE which is a nasty "You have to logon every time" client that drives people insane and stops people from using more than one PC on the cheaper packages. In comparison Cable Modem does not use PPOE.

Cable Modem
Time Warner Cable 201 886 0900
Earthlink 1 800 327 8454
Both these companies offer a cable modem service that allows high bandwidth use.
Time Warner Cable costs $44.95 a month (Or $85.00 if you don't have Cable TV already).
For each extra IP address its an extra $5.00 (For each machine)
Earthlink offers a similar deal for $41.95 that also gives you a free dial up account while you are on the road. With their service you don't already have to have a cable TV plan (But you need the cable in your home)
This makes the Earthlink cable modem offer the best deal "Currently available" at Independence Harbor, although we have yet to talk to anyone who has it installed.

Legacy DSL
Verizon 1 800 479 9977
Earthlink 1 800 327 8454
This is the old DSL service that was installed prior to the Verizon Avenue service.
Both companies only supply Legacy DSL to those buildings at Independence Harbor that are less than 18,000 feet "Wire length" from the central Verizon office and use a regular twisted copper line. Apparently buildings outside this range use a digital loop carrier that cannot support DSL. Chase Court is one of those buildings, but we are not aware of any other building within the range, it seems that Independence Harbor is right on the border line for this service.
Having said that, the DSL that both companies supply is "Restricted bandwidth". The amount of data is restricted to 640 Kbps down and 90 Kbps up. This means data upload is very slow - so things like sending large files or using a web camera for video conferencing is definitely out because the connection is basically just a little faster than a regular dial up modem.
The Verizon DSL service costs $49.95 a month, but as a incentive they reduce the first couple of months to $29.95. The Earthlink offering costs $44.95 a month but comes with a free 20 hour a month dial up account.