>> I assumed it wouldn't be FTTB or ADSL2+ because, as far as I'm aware, 
>> nobody has actually deployed these technologies yet. I've read about 
>> companies who say they're *going* to do it someday, but I'm not aware 
>> of anywhere that has actually *done* so yet.
> 
> ADSL2+ is available pretty much everywhere here in Germany.  If I paid 
> 10 euro more per month I could have 16 Mbit/s instead of 8.  Also if I 
> lived about 5 km closer to Munich I could get VDSL2 which is 50 Mbit/s :-D

50 Mbit/sec... That's just trippy.

If they ever do replace all the copper with fiber, access to the 
Internet should get a lot faster. (I always thought it was silly that I 
was accessing the Internet using an infrastructure designed for narrow 
bandwidth voice coms, but hey...) Don't hold your breath for that 
anytime soon.

> It seems some companies are using ADSL2+ in the UK in limited areas:

It says which companies, doesn't seem to say where. Presumably only 
inside London at the moment.

> In some UK places you can also get internet via cable (I had this while 
> I lived in Oxford).  Last time I checked you could get 10 Mbit/s that 
> way, probably higher now.

I've only seen one person who had this, and she was on 2 Mbit/sec. 
Still, one person isn't a large sample size, and it was a while ago now.

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