I went with Virgin, and for the most part I see one or 2 bars. It really, really slows down in the afternoon and evenings. When I'm away from home I usually log on first thing in the morning. It's slow enough that any youTube videos won't play, any time of day.

Mine is USB as well.

During the afternoons/evenings, it's comparable to dialup. I can get up and walk away from the computer, come back and the page still hasn't loaded.

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