Gobsmacked to hear about the problems in the UK. I moved from sunny ABZ last year to HAM and have been using flatrate DSL since without any hassles. The charge inc. line rental is 42 Euros/mth (approx 25GBP). I use my existing phone line and was upgraded free of charge to 1.5Mb/s up/down. There is no comparison to my old 56k modem and recently downloaded Logitechs Image Studio (40MB) in around 3 mins. Hope they get broadband sorted before I get back!!