Most DSL in the US is /dramatically/ worse than advertised. Mine advertising 20Mbps down; I'm lucky to get 3. From what I've seen? this is pretty typical.

Most DSL in the US is /dramatically/ worse than advertised. Mine advertising 20Mbps down; I'm lucky to get 3. From what I've seen? this is pretty typical. I live in Santa Clara and have an office in Sunnyvale; DSL experience at both is similar, so it's not exactly out in the sticks. In fact, there is city-owned dark fiber running past my condo. (It's business-oriented, not consumer-oriented, so it would cost me some tens of thousands of dollars to setup, and significant monthlies, but it's there.) I'm considering switching to cable, but we will see.