said by Anonymous :

Most of broadband internet users in the US really don't need/want a lot of speed. They just want to pay less and have their phone line available at the same time.

Until cable companies start offering lower tiers with decent prices and actually advertise them instead of using them for customer retention only this trend will continue.

said by stomp357 :

I for one would pay the cost for faster cable, if the cable was as stable as my DSL, and cable could do the speeds they advertise. I love my 3.0 DSL cause it's rock solid (never fluctuates), and the speed is always 3Mbit/325kbp down/up.
Cable seems to never be a solid speed. Very few hours out of the day you can actually hit the advertised speed. Unless your on a 256kbp tier. Anything faster is usually half, or less.