AT&T Updates TOS, Clarifies 'New' Speed Tiers > Super Long Distance DSL??

said by Karl Bode:

It's likely, after looking at the debate across the pond over "up to" marketing language, AT&T lawyers figured they might minimize legal troubles if they more realistically managed customer expectations -- by making it clear that line conditions may mean you won't get the advertised speed. Previously, speeds were advertised via their maximum potential data rate. This had a tendency to confuse less technical customers who found their aging copper, thousands of miles from the CO, couldn't achieve the DSL speeds they signed up for.