I have to say that on the whole I agree with the OP. My 50MB connection is, for the most part, rock solid. I also rarely have any speed issues, touch wood. Perhaps my neighbourhood is inhabited by mostly older people who don't know what Bit Torrent is, who knows
It might go down on rare occasions briefly, but show me where it states a 99.99% uptime SLA in the terms and conditions
Can't say I'm quite as enamored with the V+ box, although I can't directly blame VM for the fact the SA boxes are noisy, clunky, unresponsive, ugly chunks of crap.