Well, when I got DSL, I was just kind of a basic user that didn't slow the line up. Now, I've set up a home network, a few servers and a gaming computer and I pull from the line all the time. Besides, AOL was just getting too expensive for the speed and our phone bill kept getting bigger because of how much we needed the internet, so we got DSL.
Comcast and Time Warner are both rolling DOCSIS 3.0 to compete with Verizon, and giving 50mbps/5mbps speeds to people. FiOS still wins on the upload however, and will soon be destroying DOCSIS 3.0 in speeds thanks to Verizon rolling out GPON fiber giving double the bandwidth of DOCSIS 3.0, and more than 4 times the upload per feed than DOCSIS 3.0, and the only real problem with Comcast is the way they throttle P2P (which can mess up loads of legit things like game patches and paid internet TV) and their 300GB/m download caps.