Don't know if you have Comcast (cable) in your area, but in my area (San Francisco), they just upgraded and now provide 4.5Mbps down and 420Kmbs up. The download speed is almost impossible to get from DSL unless you're within about a mile of the phone company's switching center... DSL is distance sensitive, while cable is not. And for us, the upload speed is crucial since we're constantly uploading video files and other high-bandwidth stuff that used to take twice as long when it was 256K up.

You can also check out broadbandreports.com which is pretty good about telling you what options are available in your area (and how far you are from the phone CO, so you can know how fast your DSL will be)