I read an article a few days ago saying that AT&T in the southern US (used to be BellSouth) is deploying 28-35 meg dsl in some areas, and is field testing DSL speeds of up to 100meg for deployment in the next few years.  Given what we know about bandwidth sharing, thats just awesome. And to llloooo, your average user will NEVER see any lag from the uplink beyond the CMTS/DSLAM, so your point there is invalid.  The lag seen in downloading or uploading is 95% DSLAM/CMTS to customer.