Four years ago my isp paid me to upgrade my adsl because the old service was no longer being offered as it was outdated. The outdated speed was 12mb.

I'm in a country that launched broadband 2 years after tony blair announced broadband britain. 

piss up in a brewery anyone?

If this comes about for you lucky folks in the UK, you wont "catch up' to the speed seen in the US but instead far surpass it.

The rate at which the US telecoms and cable providers are rolling out "new" technology is a joke.

For being the country were the 'net as it were originate we are woefully beheind the curve as compaired to most of the EU not to mention South Korea and Japan.

It is riduclous how little companys here in the US are willing to invest in infrastrusture or means to use "dark" or unused "fiber" that is sitting totally unused in most large citys.

When you hear of Verizon offering 20mbps connections don't beleave for 1 second that it is a common option for most of the US beyond a few select citys or established markets.

The majority of people in the US only have access to rather poor adsl service that requires a landline to be paid for, even if you only use it for said dsl connection, or cable internet at 8mbps.

The only spots likely to get anywhere near 100mbps are university campuses and dorm rooms.

The internet providers here will take maybe 5 more years until we start to see 100mbps as a common option.

Hell we are barely seing 3G phone networks expand past just a few main citys and it has taken years to get that far.

A lot of big talk. Talk is cheap. When & where will we see 100mbit connections?

Yay, maybe we will finally catch up with America!