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I'm so glad the current FTC (and the end of Ajit Pai's to a lesser extent) to audit these DSL companies who claim their DSL connections offer reliable broadband

• tomxor 5y ago
  In the UK not US, but same situation, DSL keeps getting worse wherever I move, last move it was unusable (<2Mbit), with no fiber available, so mobile was the only viable option for modern web use. Mobile internet can be a bit variable depending on time of day and the provider, but still way better than DSL for me, I get anywhere from 15 to 100Mbit throughout the day, although this level of stability was only achievable using a Cat20 LTE router (Netgear Nighthawk M2 with a couple small external antennas). They probably seem a bit expensive but it's worth the investment, not only for throughput stability but reducing packet loss. Just don't ever buy mobile contracts for this stuff, at least not before trying out a PAYG sim, you need empirical testing to find out which provider is viable. I attempted to use open cell maps to figure out which provider would give best carrier aggregation in theory, but you don't always connect to the masts you expect, and even then it's reliant on back-haul availability and subscriber contention ratio anyway. In the UK a couple of the main mobile networks have unlimited 1month rolling contracts under different brand names now... so real competition is now possible!
• InitialLastName 5y ago
  This is the Federal Trade Commission, which occasionally does investigate things like false advertisement, not the Federal Communications Commission (which Ajit Pai ran) which has consistently backed provider and ISP interests over customer interests for a long time.