Yeah what made my dad so pissed, couple years ago, they ran fiber down the road, near his house, but no one would bring it THAT much further so he could get on someones service. He was paying crooked earthlink like 40 bucks a month, then a 40-50 phone line, through verizon, who ran the fiber. I dunno know about him, he got suckered into dsl, its fast for him, but its still slow as a dog, and he STILL has to pay the rediculous phone rates, "free long distance" sure until you add up the 20 dollars worth of fees that have no purpose. I can honestly say, I am one of the rare people who have NEVER had a problem with comcast. Hell I even get like 50 basic tv channels for free, and the economy internet still gives me impressive rates, Ive only checked it a couple times, but both times it was faster than the economy is supposed to be, been so long I dont even remember.