DSL which travels over traditional copper wire phone lines is limited by distance. The farther you are from the phone company (Embarq) central office the slower your speed will be. This is a DSL limitation. If you are a few miles from the CO your speed will roll off rather dramatically. Generally there is not much they can do about this. I'm retired from Verizon Networks and the way they used to get around that was to run fiber optic cable out to a remote distribution point and run copper DSL from there to homes immediately around that point. These systems were called SLC's. There is virtually no speed penalty over fiber and the short copper connections to the homes from the remote point did little to hinder speed. This is something any phone company can do if they want to spend the money to bring in fast service. Verizon now has FIOS service in my area (Long Island, NY) and other areas where they run fiber optics right to your home. It's FAST! However, Verizon land line service in Florida is only in the six counties around Tampa. I would love to see them come to The Villages. Not holding my breath though. This comment assumes that you have no individual problem with your line that could also cause you to encounter slow speeds.
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