Originally posted here by Tim_axe
Hope that is clear/understandable, and shows how badly people in the US are getting screwed for bandwidth on DSL...
If you think people in the US are getting screwed, try taking a trip to Rip Off Britain (tm). I pay the same amount for my connection (and I'm with one of the cheapest, yet reliable, DSL providers) than someone I know in the states, yet I get half the bandwidth (upstream and downstream). Until a couple of years ago, you were hard pressed to get the lowest DSL (512/256) for under £40/month (that's ~$70/month!), and even now it's hard to get a connection that allows you to run servers for under £25/month.