…of course, only in a schadenfreude kind of way. Part of my reluctance to change carriers for phone and internet service is the whole “devil you know” dilemma. I’ve never really considered Verizon a viable option for my needs, and I know very few people in the area that are on Verizon. Verizon plays fast…

Less than an hour later, no changes to my setup or running programs. Firefox 3 Then things fall apart again:IE 7 40 minutes later:

(No, I’m not just trying to squeeze maximum throughput here–I just want basic pages to load properly–the slow speeds are yet another indicator that there is a problem.) Under IE 7: Under Firefox 3: These are actually excellent results for me right now… I’ve been dropping to 88 Kps down/22 Kps up. Aggravating thing is,…