An asynchronous Internet in GNOME

I used to use 144 Kbps IDSL and later 1.5 Mbps T1. Everything worked fine.

More bandwidth covers up problems but it really is not the answer you want. What you want is traffic shaping and bandwidth management, and buffer-bloat control. I used to use a heavily hacked WonderShaper script and RED with ECN on a Linux router box.

Try it and you'll be surprised at how useful 1 Mbps is. It's really plenty of bandwidth for most Internet uses. Even applications like Netflix worked fine at 1.5 Mbps. Simultaneously with VOIP, even.