We are supposed to get fiber here next year. Last year it was this year. Year before that we were supposed to have it in '09...
Might have it by '15, though, Im not holding my breath.
I have the best package from Cox in Pensacola, Florida. Cost is 59.95 per month. I download large files constantly and require the bandwidth as I hate to wait. I've downloaded "real world" files fast as 4.5 MB/s and it helps with game patches, drivers, music, videos, etc...
My line is technically a 'business' line. Its worth an extra 1mb/512kb over the residential offerings. Plus I dont have to worry about nasty letters if I use 200GB in a month.
Just downgraded my 6Mbs service to 768K/128K; running a test shows about 600K download 300K upload. Funny, browsing online blogs, bitog et al doesn't seem much different. I also VPN'ed to work and everything works well (most work is done via shell access)