The price from the cable provider is the same, again because you have to pay for a lot of crap you don’t want or use to get the Internet access.

I use the DSL because the cable is buried and harder for the drunks to hit than the poles the cable is strung on, and it is still there after hurricanes, unlike the cable.

At least you have serious discussions about broadband; all we get is comments in passing.

If you are more than ten miles outside a major population center in the US you can forget competition, service, or availability.

So… where’s my damned high-speed, cheep broadband then? Meeah! I’ll probably be 6 feet under by the time that ever happens (if) and *if* it does, it will be massively over budget, will only work properly on Sunday nights with a full moon, no rain, and the ambient temp between 20C & 22C, after you’ve sacrificed a chicken. And of course, it”ll be run by Telstra, one of the very few companies that make the Gov look kinda honest and somewhat competent, efficient and intelligent. (Which, to put it in some perspective for you Yank’s, is like comparing The Dweeb (Gates) with Daffy Duck). 😈 😛

It’ll never happen.