neither, it was just a joke :) I mean that this is a great way to explain 2 kbit/s or 4 kbit/s (makes sense in context) and I was just joking that that's about as bad as Comcast's service sometimes... :) (And so with explanations that great he should be their PR guy...)
I guess it didn't go over too well, but no worries! You miss 100% of shots you don't take...
If it was, you should actually read about the DSN. It (like most things pertaining to extraterrestrial operation) is pretty damn cool.