actually adsl is capable is far faster speeds than that but is based on distance from the DSLAM. People get so caught up on speeds when the average user wont utilize it. Most users need little more than 7 mbps per. Yeah its cool to have 1 GBPS, but unless youre transferring files of a gig or larger, then the speed benefit is lost on you. Most users are streaming, gaming and just poking around on text and img sites. HD streaming only req's about 6 mbps and gaming is more reliant on ping than raw speed.