When I moved to Daly City my options were either Comcast or DSL. I picked DSL (w/ Sonic), at significantly slower speeds. Sonic's DSL is just resold AT&T DSL, which I also hate, but I hate Comcast more.
If my only options were Comcast or dial-up, I'd probably still pick dial-up.
I would love to see the news story about Comcast having fewer remaining subscribers than the DSL provider...
still wouldn't make them change their practices, I believe they are too far corrupted to ever 'heal', but it would be hilarious if they gave up serving an area because it wasn't economically viable anymore.