My 3Mbit connection usually gets about 350 kB/s..
Regarding the cable/dsl "issue", it doesn't really matter either way. It all depends on how much the ISP lines are overbooked.
All lines/sentrals are overbooked.. normally by a factor of 10-50 times.
This means that if a provider's node has a 10 Mbit connection to it's supernode, they can (and will) sell 10 Mbit connections to up 10-50 people connected to that node.
(of course, normally, they would sell lower speeds, and cower more customers..).
Regarding the cable/dsl "issue", it doesn't really matter either way. It all depends on how much the ISP lines are overbooked.
All lines/sentrals are overbooked.. normally by a factor of 10-50 times.
This means that if a provider's node has a 10 Mbit connection to it's supernode, they can (and will) sell 10 Mbit connections to up 10-50 people connected to that node.
(of course, normally, they would sell lower speeds, and cower more customers..).