I upgraded last month from 25/25 to 75/75. As it turns out, in all but a few cases, it turned out to be a downgrade.
I used to get a steady 38-39 down / 35 up on the Boston Comcast speedtest.net server.
When I went under contract, they re-provisioned me (I have TV too), and I lost a good portion of my "fluff". I then speedtest.net at 30/28.
So I upgraded to 75 / 75. On VZ's NY, NY speedtest server, I get 77-79 up and down. (Not much fluff!? Shouldn't I get 83-84 down?)
But now, during "primetime", I struggle to hit 25 down on speedtest.net. Before, I pretty-much never dropped below 30. Even now, at 3-4 in the morning, I can only hit 55 down on speedtest.net. I've never hit my 75. Yet, of course, I can on VZ's own internal speedtest site. However, I do get 70+ up on speedtest.net almost any time of day.
So, I'm left to conclude that:
1) VZ's peering absolutely sucks, and
2) Upgrading from the bottom-tier internet on VZ is (mostly) worthless, unless you upload a lot.
The whole reason for upgrading, was so that I could download Linux ISOs faster. Only, it seems that I rarely see more than 1.5MByte/sec down, and more often, only a third of that speed. What my friend on Comcast can download in 15 minutes on their 25Mbit/sec down package, takes me an hour on my VZ 75/75 package.
I have, one time late at night, been able to download ISOs from Microsoft's servers, at a combined rate of 9MB/sec, or 8.3MB/sec for one file. That wasn't bad at all, and was more like what I was expecting, all the time. But I don't get that. (Yes, I know, "It's the internet".)
Edit: I just ran DSLR's new speedtest, and I got 81/72. Not too bad. It is 4:32am EST / DST though.
Edit: Just ran speedtest.verizon.net, auto-selected NY, NY server, got 55 down and 79 up. Wierd how DSLR's speedtest has a better down connection than VZ's own internal network.
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