The other is to try to give the DSL vendors feedback. Most of the big marketing claims by the vendors seem to be about how fast their gear can go. Well, that's the boat we are in. At those distances, 256k is really fast. 10Mbps may be cool, but you can't go that fast through our internet connection anyway.
Distance is what matters.
If it runs over copper, we are interested. Please let us know what you think of our testing. We can offer no guarantees that we will try out everything that is suggested, because of our time restrictions, but we will give it our best shot.