WPM getting a faster connection...this can only mean bad news for us all...
But seriously...
I don't know much about Americans ISPs. What I do know is that Cable is faster than DSL.
Good decision on AOL. AOL rapes children.
Go with one of the big ISPs though. It is usually a gamble to go with a new ISP that has only been around a weeks and is boasting incredibly cheap deals because they usually go bust within a year, and then there's the paperwork and yadayadayada.