I've never had DSL, I'm just a few miles too far out, but I'm very happy with the speed that AT@T Broadband provides. I can download up to 1.5 MBs a second, which is way more than enough for me. Not to say that their tech support is wonderful, and their usenet server is far from perfect, but the speed is good.
From what I hear, Verizon does have it's share of problems too!!
Bernie