Actually, 24/1 or 20/3 is pretty much as the DSL technology of today allows.
Of course, it can do more, but it'd put a lot of stress on the lines with many people using it at once.
With fibre, bandwidth is not an issue anymore, so it's both much faster and cheaper.
Indeed, fibre is the way to go and I hope it keeps getting
more and more available. If I were to move I would probably
first check what kind of internet connection is available in that
area before caring about how the apartment looked. But
thats probably not a good thing. =)
It seems like my inet provider offers 24/8 as the fastest option,
for more money of course, but I think i'm giving them enough
already and I don't feel like tampering with what I have.