Was the same here until Telewest (A big Cable TV and broadband company in the UK) rolled out 1meg (100k sec) and recently 2meg (200k sec) lines.
It's not available in all the UK only select areas and it also costs £50 per month which is $121 AUD - although it's not mega bucks is not cheap either
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