Some of us are lucky enough to live in cities with the foresight to install municipal fiber networks. I have 1Gbps symmetrical at home, which makes backup to the cloud very feasible.
A lot of people live in those cities (in my case, the publicly owned electric co). Then they sold it all off to Rogers. Anyone want 100/100 for $800/month?
If you think this is bad, I recommend you stay 100' away from Canada at all times.