Do you have any idea how FiOS and other fiber optic services work?
There is no slowdown.
DSL is dragging down the score since those customers can barely hit 5 or 7Mbps unless they live right next to the CO. -- I know before you even speak that you're wrong.
Doesn't matter as these speed tests are off network. We aren't testing connection speed only within last mile. And DSL is more like barely hitting 600kbps-1200kbps unless they live next to an RT or the CO. Welcome to Verizon.
Meanwhile the OOKLA (Speedtest.net) test results are what they are and are mirrored by DSLReports own smaller sample. Verizon's average is just over 5Mb and while they have faster tiers, so does everyone else.
Low end tiers from EVERY provider bring down their own averages. I have 50Mb service but the samples from budget tiers bring down the average.
Do you have any idea how FiOS and other fiber optic services work?
There is no slowdown.
Pon netowrks are shared bandwidth similar to cable, unlike dsl. Active networks behave more like dsl with a dedicated circuit, but they are few and far between.
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