[wolframarnold]

Switch to Sonic Fusion DSL if you're in their service area (Bay Area, perhaps elsewhere?).

http://sonic.net/solutions/home/internet/fusion/

Far cheaper than Comcast and no gimmicks. The service runs about $50/month with all the little FCC charges, taxes, etc tacked on and comes with an unlimited nationwide phone line too. The speed is dependent on your distance from the central switching station of the phone company. I've had it in two locations with speeds ranging from 8 to 16MBit/s, on par with Comcast. Perfect for streaming any TV show you want to watch.

[jeady]

Sonic.net is great but unfortunately DSL technology isn't. I've also had sonic.net in two locations but my speeds ranged from 5-7Mbits. So it's worth a shot but it's not perfect.

[KyeRussell]

Countries with widespread ADSL can attest to some of its downfalls. For example, try getting upload of more than 130kB/s on ADSL2+. ;)