In San Francisco, where I live, they have basically a monopoly on high speed internet. Here are the options and speeds I have tested: 1) DSL (through ATT or S

In San Francisco, where I live, they have basically a monopoly on high speed internet. Here are the options and speeds I have tested: 1) DSL (through ATT or Sonic.net, I got Sonic's ADSL2 service) ~$60 a month, 3.4/0.86 Mbps 2) Monkeybrains local wireless rooftop ISP: $35 a month, ~10/10Mbps, depending on location (large building to the north blocks service to my building) 3) Webpass, same as Monkeybrains, but only handles buildings with like 10+ apartment units, $45 a month, 100/100 or 45/45 Mbps, basically has to already be available where you live, so not me 4) Comcast residential service, ~$60 a month, 22.3/4.34 Mbps, this is what I went with 5) Find someone with a fast internet connection and set up some sort of wireless directional antenna or free space optics to use their connection from the roof - expensive and I don't know anyone with a connection that fast within sight of my building. Nobody can run fiber because of ATT and Comcast having basically monopolies on running cables anywhere. I mean, the city isn't too proactive anyway in that area, but ATT and Comcast are clearly slowing it down a lot