"Netflix has no way of knowing what level of service a customer has paid for" I think that partially explains the clump of RBOCs in the 1,800 - 2,000 band. I

"Netflix has no way of knowing what level of service a customer has paid for" I think that partially explains the clump of RBOCs in the 1,800 - 2,000 band. I manage a network that has several hundred subscribers wholesaled off of AT&T's legacy DSL network in the midwest. Many of our users can't get speeds beyond that range because of line errors. The copper plant is degrading. Those RBOCs primarily use ADSL. Their speeds will probably degrade until someone overbuilds with FTTH.