Where do I get good internet?

I've been using AT&T for years and I've recently become completely fed up with their bullsh*t.  We have an Elite DSL package and it blows.  Our connection gets dropped randomly all the time, which is a major pain in the ass.  I called their customer support and after an hour of nonsense I ended up unchecking one box on some URL that was supposed to fix the issue.  Since then it's actually become worse, and slower.  WTF?

So we're done with AT&T.  I need new internet.  My family watches a lot of Netflix and I game all the time, so it needs to be decent and reliable.  I don't really care if the upload/download speeds aren't crazy, I just want it to be stable and quick enough so that I don't experience any lag playing online.  We won't pay any more than $80 a month since we're already paying $60.  Also I live in the Chicago-land area. (I know certain services are regional, so that's why I bring it up)

Obviously this is a very broad question but I don't really know where to start researching something like this.  I know this might not be the best forum for this, but... routers are hardware, right?  Any help is seriously appreciated.

Look up services in your town/city

I've got FIOS, and they never drop out and they always provide better-than-advertised speeds. I just ran Speedtest, and it's 30.73 Mb/s (3.84 MB) down, 12.09 (1.51MB) up. It's cheaper than the crappy Comcast cable I had before, too.

Check your local cable providers? I get 30/4 for $50 charter, not good, but much better than dsl offerings. Supposely I can get it for $30 if I switch names every year, but I am too lazy to do that.

i live in tn in the middle of nowhere and i only get 150kbs download and 60kbs upload. hoping someday ill be able to at least get 1mb 

Sitting over here hoping we get gigabit internet someday.

I've seen fiber cable being installed but I think never finished or something.

Come on google Help a Bro out :(

Edit: I have comcast with 22 Mbps download and 4 Mbps upload, I think I got the right.

http://www.internetserviceproviders.org/

Go there to see what's available for you

in my point of view AT& T is the best 

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