Just as a counterweight to inevitable moaning about UK broadband - I am very happy with what I'm getting from Virgin Media. Rock solid, no traffic shaping, 120Mbit line for not much money is not bad at all. I was happy before as well, with a DSL line. There is competition in the market and it seems to drive the tech and prices in the right direction (unless you live in a rural area...)

Some of my friends leave in Hyperoptic-enabled area of London where they get a stable Gigabit service.