I am one of those "hillbilly" people who survived rather well on 3mb and before then, 115kb ISDN. Sure it was annoying, but I have other things I can do while downloading such as reading a book, whatever. If you are running on a laptop, head to a coffee shop or library to use their faster connection.
It's way past time to put this topic to rest. No one is forced to use TT, use another product, and get on with life.
