That's a good point. You see I live in a very rural area. The closest "switch" is about 2 miles away.Another problem you have with DSL is the further away you are form the "switch" the worse you service will be. When I lived in Atlanta I had DSL from BellSouth and the switch was at the end of my street. Maybe 1/3 of a mile. We had 6mbps service which was good enough. Two years later I move to NJ and got Verizon DSL. Turned out we were several miles from the switch and the service was s...l...o...w. After two months I switched to Cablevision and was rushed into the 21th century.