I would like to know:
What is the fastest speed for internet you can get for a residential area?
I have FiberOptic at 100MBPS, I was wondering what that compares to (HAHAHA! Now Comcast seems SLOW! Now THATS Comcastic!) I use Verizon Fiber (my ex- uses Comcast Cable), when I visited them in Florida, I did not notice any REAL difference in just surfing the net. Personally, I think fiber Optic is the best thing since Farrah Fawcett on Charlie Angels !

Last Result:
Download Speed: 5185 kbps (648.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1596 kbps (199.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

35.00 month, I have their lowest package. + I have the house next to me online wireless (200) FEET away !!

here's a LINK to test yours *..........................

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/Hmmm, let's see. honvetops Verizon Fiber is about 3.5 times faster than my DSL (see image in my signture block) and Zylstra's FiberOptic service is about 19 times (100/5.185) faster than honvetops, if my CALCULATIONS are correct.

Let's talk about cost. So, what's it's costing, guys? Frankly, if the FiberOptic were available here, at that blazing 100MBPS, I don't think I could justify spending much more than I now spend for Internet access. For email and web surfing, 100MBPS is just way, way more than necessary.Comcast Cable HOME Speeds run at 4-6MBPS
Comcast Business Speed runs at 6-12MBPS

My FiberOptics here is not from a big service provider, the lines are not jammed with communications, nor does the signal need to go far to get to our ISP.

Its around $34 a month
AND IT ROCKS!!!

I have noticed a speed difference, specifically with checking my email via Outlook.
We use Wireless, so the speed is cut in half.

It does depend a lot on the server side as well. Wow, that's amazing! My DSL costs about $25/mo.I think where I LIVE only has the options of dial up or fiber, so we got fiber.

About the same price as Comcast, which we had before. It took a while to get the Fiber, since the line had to be extended (it was in our backyard... not at the house)