"line provider" ? If you have a Verizon line then it's shared on the same copper pair. If you don't... not sure whether Verizon sell DSL on otherwise idle pairs

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Stephen
(Linux user since kernel version 0.11)

I am on ADSL currently:

2000kb/s down
256kb/s up

May upgrade next year to 8000/400 as it costs the same as what I am paying now for 2mb, or I may just wait for FTTP but that could take years.

When I lived in Wyoming, I had Cable.. had a good connection speed. I'm back in Oregon and have a 3Mb aDSL connection.

Hmm, I'm curious. Where in the world are 8000kbps/400kbps ADSL connections available?

I'm in Northern California, with a 6016kbps/608kbps ADSL connection with SBC-ASI as the CLEC data transport provider, sold through a superb regional ISP, Sonic.net. I can have up to 8 true bridged static IPs at no extra cost.

In France you can have 8000/800 at 29.99€/month (~40-45$/month) if you are near the collect point. This includes free phone calls throughout France and one or two dozens of TV channels (not so good I heard, you have to pay for the good ones).

http://www.ukonline.net/8000/ are offering 8000/400 connection with a ratio of 33:1 and a 500GB per month cap for 40 quid (just under $80). My current ISP have recently introduced a 100 GB soft cap, even through the product was initially marketed as an unlimited connection, so I may move at some point and UK Online are looking pretty good at the moment even though they force you to buy a router from them to use the service.