> ISPs with even remotely decent uploads, EVEN for their business offerings, in the metro area around Seattle (still crazy rent, can't even afford to try buying a house) are like CableCo for 1000mbit down 35mbit up for too much a month or DSL for (I am not joking) 7mbit down (if your connection is GOOD) and (LESS THAN) 1mbit up.

There are residential ISPs offering symmetrical gigabit fiber in a pretty good chunk of metro Seattle. I lived in an apartment tower so had access to Wave-G (previously CondoNet)'s insanely good gigabit offering, but friends who rented houses in the suburbs also had residential fiber.