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Cell Service on the Red line

Looking at changing my service from Verizon to another carrier, my commute is usually from Alewife to Downtown crossing.

Verizon through an MVNO has been generally good but any drops to 4G LTE on Verizon is like going back to dialup, Park St is especially bad.

What's everyone else's experience like? ATT and T-Mobile are the other options. I don't need fiber-like Internet but a consistent connection would be great.

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u/CostcoBrandDinosaur — 14 hours ago
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Northside Lines Weekend Shuttle Service

Not sure everyone else’s experience with the shuttle replacement of the CR over the weekends- but my experience with the Newburyport/Rockport line in between Beverly and North Station is even worse than regular train service. Buses leaving past their scheduled departure, not even here and boarding when it’s scheduled to leave. God awful

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u/harenotrabbit — 18 hours ago
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Is the red line still requiring transfers at JFK/UMass for Braintree service?

The MBTA website does not list any service alerts for the red line (see first screenshot), so I assumed it was running normally,

However, when checking the Google Maps route for my planned trip from Park St to Braintree later tonight, it lists that I will need to transfer at JFK/ UMass (see second screenshot), like I needed to do a few weeks ago when they were doing the Columbia Junction work.

Can anyone confirm if the transfers at JFK/UMass are still being required? This will determine how early I need to leave, and I want to budget my time accordingly.

u/vsatire — 21 hours ago
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