Short answer: newer technology and network design Real answer: money DSL speed has an inverse relationship with wire length. The marginal benefit of VDSL over

Short answer: newer technology and network design Real answer: money DSL speed has an inverse relationship with wire length. The marginal benefit of VDSL over ASDL is almost entirely gone at 1km distance. Telcos that care about offering competitive speeds will install more VDSL hubs in neighborhoods to keep average length short. Or better yet they will install fiber. Telcos that rely on monopoly status to stay in business or think wireless is a more productive use of capital will leave DSL to rot. LTE service usually comes with very low usage quotas and punitive overage fees or throttling. 150 Mbps burst speed is very different from 150 Mbps service you can freely use. Several thousand users have to share that 150 Mbps!