Some of us are lucky.
It's not a wonderful speed, but I have had a decent ADSL connection since the service first became available here, fifteen years ago. It's way below what politicians say should be the minimum, and the difference would matter for a family. And I don't watch very much streaming media anyway.
One of the internet services I use is notorious for problems with router/modem hardware, it is supposed to have a traffic pattern that somehow slows the connection. Whatever the cause, a hardware reboot after about a moth shows a speed increase. I reckon there are more than a few tall stories to explain problems as "not our fault". Something happens, but I doubt some of the supposed reasons.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
