...for the simple fact that with AT&T you're actually allowed to use your connection for more than 6 hours in a month.
AT&T doesn't have bandwidth caps unlike Comcap and their obscene 250 GB monthly bandwidth cap that you can pass in 6 hours @ 50 Mbps.
You're forgetting that many can't get 6mbps Many are on 768kbps, 1.5mbps, and 3.0mbps even if you try to use much you really have to download useless data 24hrs a day like torrent its pointless Not many people download high quality stuff Just lousy MP3 youtube junk TV and useless chat that even 56kbps modem is good enough DSL is the underdog, it is a cheap fix for modem user who need something faster Cable is the main competitor to FIOS Cable is like a big road but you cannot travel more then 1 lane Or a car that can go 200mph but you can't go faster then 55 or 65 on highway