FiOS!
This site, plausible.org, migrated over the weekend from a Speakeasy 1.5M/384k DSL line to a spiffy new Verizon FiOS 15M/2M line. Our upload speed is now faster than the download rate used to be, meaning that things like the napha photo archive should be much more pleasant for non-local users.
Unlike Speakeasy, Verizon doesn't offer things like static IP addresses with their base package. You have to order "Business FiOS" for significantly more money to get that.
The install went pleasantly. A crew arrived a day early to install the fiber itself, trenching it under the front yard without any visible evidence at all (maybe they had a pre-installed conduit they could use?). The installer then arrived the next day, installed the "ONT" box on the side of the house, a UPS box for it on the interior side of the wall (more on that later), and ran a Category 5 cable to the room of my choice. The whole thing took less than two hours. Because it was a business install, he didn't even need to touch the existing analog phone line.
The network really is fantastic. I haven't yet found a transfer that can saturate the 15M link in isolation. I'll have to investigate using multiple simultaneous transfers to really exercise it. The upload speed can easily saturate the T1 line at my office.
The one complaint, though, is that the guy had absolutely no taste as to where to place the battery unit. We have just finished building a workbench in our garage, and the ONT lives on the other side of the exterior wall. Where does the battery unit end up? That's right: right smack in the middle of the wall above the bench. So now we need to detach it and move it at some point so we can put up the pegboard and shelving we were planning.