Without getting too much into the back story and the reasons behind it... Went to the AT&T store and ended up switching from AT&T DSL to UVerse internet (can't get UVerse TV though). Days later I get ...
I have a client that has two DSL connections. One DSL connection utilizes a static public routable IP address and the other is a cheap ATT DSL that uses DHCP for the routable address and uses NAT ...
In brief: For many Americans, 768kbps DSL remains the only Internet offer on the table. And in case you had any doubt, this historic connection speed is incapable of coping with the Internet of 2020.