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An interesting article which refers to the 'barrow boy' mentality of certain ISP's and the attitude of Ofcom to spurious claims of 'up to 8Mbps':

The ASA’s broadband press officer, Matt Wilson, seemed unaware that, for technical reasons, no “up to 8 Mbps” claim can be fulfilled: “If some people can get 8Mbps, then it’s fair to advertise that service as up to 8Mbps.” He insisted that the ASA’s role was to keep advertising truthful: “Performance issues are for Ofcom.” And Ofcom’s response? “If people are unhappy... they should contact the ASA.” Talk about passing the buck.

Good to see you back orsonkart!

a very nice man wrote on Dec 19^th, 2006 at 11:05am:
Be there use ADSL2+ instead of ADSL which is possible (but in most cases not likely) to achieve speeds over 20meg.  I also think that ADSL2+ uses the existing POTS frequencies as well to help achieve this speed boost.

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Without new equipment by BT or cable, I can't see this being possible.  I think TW's current limit is 10meg based on their equipment.  I believe they are (or have) upgrading/upgraded their equipment to handle faster speeds but 100meg is still a far way off I think.