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Originally Posted by AladainAF  There are other mediums available, likely. DSL, satellite, etc. |
ADSL limits your upstream to 1 Mb (whether you have ADSL 1, 2, or 2+) because it's asymmetrical. Satellite has got huge latency, kiss your online games goodbye. VDSL (100 Mb bandwidth symmetrical) only has 100m effective range, so usually they use this to reach the apartments in a building with an optical fiber connectivity (1 Gb bandwidth or way, way more depending on the network).
Cable can reach 100 Mb/s or more (depending on a lot of stuff), is symmetrical, very robust and simple, so it's overall the most reliable technology to Internet access.
The problem you've got in the US, ISP-wise that is, is that they fuck you in the ass on a regular basis. In Europe, especially in France, you can get ADSL2+ (28 Mb/s downstream, 1 Mb upstream), IPTV, VoIP (with free call to most civilized countries) and no traffic limit for 29.99€ a month.
