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Here in Toronto the biggest problem with DSL is the age of the lines going to your house. Old phone tech, and loopy wiring result in instant migranes. Not to mention that there is zero DSL competition here and Bell Canada is almost a sick joke... BUT. I've heard lots of people love it, and here there's no throughput limits.
Cable is what I currently use, there are published throughput limits (the "volume" you can download monthly) but they aren't enforced at all. Cable is the same deal, if you're in an older area you're more likely to encounter local cable repairs and construction timeouts...spotty service. But I would go so far as to say the technology is on a whole better than DSL as far as the EUH ("End User Headache") factor.
And I know I'm gonna get flak for this, but if you're surfing the internet and sending email...there's really no reason to pay a premium for speeds above, say, 3mbps (you'd probably be fine with 1.5 though!). Think about it; unless you're running webservices (FTP, apache) from your local computer, or networking an ungodly amount of people, the bottleneck isn't your internet connection, it's the webserver providing you with content.
And even for bittorrent, you likely wont push the limits of your connection. I'm on a 5mbps connection as a result of the people I live with, which translates to...640 kiloBYTES per second? I've never seen a torrent or download go that fast in my life.
But, maybe I'm crazy and just have a bad connection. Things to consider!
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