SBC / AT&T or whatever they call themselves today keep advertising DSL for $12.99 per month. There is no question that I would subscribe for that amount. However, my neighborhood's phone system is supplied via a fiber line, and there is no DSL equipment on our end. That means SBC / AT&T can not provide DSL to my residence.
I am currently going back to school online so my only choice is to pay $60 per month for Cable access. Once school is done I will no longer have Internet access at home. This is too much money to spend on Internet access in my opinion.
This is too bad because I use it for many things. I use it as a file server to host code examples. I use and update these code examples all the time from work. I also use it to help my father and sister with computer problems they are having by using VNC over an SSH connection. I don't want to give these up, but as I said $60 per month is simply unreasonable.