I got sick of all my intermittent internet problems so finally managed to get it together to wait in for a Time Warner Cable technician. I'm supposed to get some kind of super-fast-nuclear-turbo speeds that TWC said everyone in NYC was upgraded to last year, but I'll be damned if I've seen them. And my connection keeps going down. 
 
So the guy came this afternoon and immediately swapped out my 4 year old modem, which he said was outdated, and gave me a new one. He also told me that my habit of turning everything off at night had probably caused problems in my old box. 
 
Anyway I just did the speed test, and I went from having around 20mbps download speeds to a whopping 120mbps. By my complex calculations that's a handsome SIX FOLD increase. Whoop de freakin' do! 

Yup I went from 6 to 75 with Verizon. I can upgrade from 75 to 150 for like $15/mo.
 
Last night I download 17.5G in less than 30 minutes (did not time it but I know it was less than 30).

Make my 4Mbps seem ... like I'm in the boonies

I'm getting about 95 Mbps down and 12.6 Mbps up right now.  I'm pretty happy with that.
 

Hi,
 
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4550167734
 
Not bad, compared to the Portland area that is much sturdier than the area across the river here in Vancouver.  Over here, most of the wiring is not on the ground, and is a serious maze on the poles, and that tends to slow things down some.

You think Vancouver, WA has a wiring problem?
 

craigb
I'm getting about 95 Mbps down and 12.6 Mbps up right now.  I'm pretty happy with that.
 

I could down load from you and upload for you.....

Using Charter in California:
 
http://www.speedtest.net/result/4551345819.png

I get 95 down and 5 up in Richmond, VA.

gswitz
I get 95 down and 5 up in Richmond, VA.

95+5=100. Perfect score.