You're lucky Lazlo!
I get 400 kilobit at best over a copper last mile, and that I'm not remotely rural - 4 miles outside the M25. There's a fibre cabinet within a three minute walk, but my "last mile" apparently runs all the way back to the exchange on the other side of town. I don't know how true it is but I've been told that to connect to the cabinet I would have to be a BT broadband customer - no thanks, higher prices, worse service.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
