re: #7 garhighway

That’s a subjective question dependent on what are you paying for - e.g. if you are paying for 1.5 mbps download, and something less than that for upload (asymetric DSL,) then this is within acceptable tolerance. Compared to the rest of world you are below average (at a 9.9 mbps average) but that’s not terrible as US speeds go. *yes — we are behind the curve for speed, bandwidth, and price compared to the rest of the world because of so many entrenched legacy interests in Washington…