256k also still sucks. Even local hasn't been great over the last few weeks. Max 12kB int'l but mostly it's well under 8kB - usually about 5kB. Local somewhere around 15-20kB with occasional spikes, and more frequently recently often slows down to 10-12kB.
Also, even though local is faster, it seems that there is a delay before you start getting the higher speeds - so when you first load a local website it initially downloads at 2-3kB for the first 30 seconds before cranking up to a higher speed. This has the effect of making browsing seem slow because everytime you surf to a new page there is a delay. This is not related to latency, though, I often get 50ms response times on these websites. It's just that they don't immediately start downloading at 20kB.
I actually think I would get better bandwidth on the 128k package - by the sound of it they at least get more than 5kB int'l bandwidth most of the time.
It actually really does suck - you monitor the speed all the time, and suddenly 20kB/160kb speeds seem amazing when in reality you haven't EVER seen anything close to the supposed 256kb this package should at least occasionally deliver.
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