Finally!

[zenda2]

Bucko, your set-up is what I want! 100 feet from the CO is what A-DSL should be like, that's VERY fast. WW's horrorstory isn't the only one I've heard along those lines. A lot of 'less than scrupulous' providers will be glad to sell you a DSL line, doesn't matter if it's fast enough to use or not. The Big-Time phone co. I worked for had a few scruples (not so's you'd notice, but some) so we didn't sell to anyone who was better off with a 56k dialup.
On the other hand...if you live in a suburb with a lot of game-playing teens and everyone's wired for cable...your slice of the pie can be pretty slim at 3:30 and/or during 'virtual September' when the new version of Quake or whatever comes out.
"Dude...lag!!!"

Firewalls? Here's some info:

http://www.firewallguide.com/