......I still see a lot of folks using those old USB ADSL modems of old.

Iirc they only worked up to around 2Mbps.

Anyway loving my 16Mbps BT connection in the centre of old rural Norwich.

When you factor in the actual use speeds rather than the 'theoretical' advertised maximum speeds that are used by ISPs, the playing field skews quite a bit from what is reported.

The average actual use speed of my "8 meg" dsl at my house in London is 2.4 mbps. The actual use speed of my "1.5 mbps" dsl at my house in Texas is 400 kps.

Neither one is even close to half of what seed the ISPs are claiming, and this is a regular occurrence across the board for all ISPs.

if the internet drove the military or financial institutions then you can be sure the uk government would make it the best in the world.

but because it doesnt, they dont give a dam