Long story short is that my family and I have moved. Although the move was too a much bigger house on 4.3 acres out in the country, the only internet service available here is AT&T DSL, which is pitiful compared to the cable internet I had before. The ping and lag issues associated with this shitty internet will prevent me from playing BF4 or any other multi player game.
The sad news is that Cable internet is available less than a mile from my house in one direction, and AT&T U-Verse is available a mile in the other direction so I'm just screwed. Neither company has any plans to expand to where I am just to pick up another 15 or so houses.
So this is so long for now, maybe in the next year or two one of the mentioned companies will expand to where I am. Good luck and happy gaming..............