Dang, man! That's really fast fot DSL. You must be on ADSL2+. Would you post an upload please?
EDIT: Oh yeah, how is your speed on one of the testmy.net servers?
If you're on Comcast, then that's probably cached. The new "boost" they're giving customers only goes up to 16 Mbps for the 8/768 package, and 12 Mbps for the 6/384 package. Clear out your cache, turn off your firewall(s) and test again. Oh yeah, and welcome to the forums.
If there is an engineer coming out, he may be able to find the problem. Also, you may be getting low results because you're overseas, but I strongly doubt that's the problem. Be sure to give us an update when the engineer comes.
That's the cheapest package with 10 Mbps upstream, and it's only $4.95 more than what he's paying for all of his connections now. 50/5 for $89.95 or business class 35/10 for $169.95.
Just for reference
Consumer class:
Business class:
It's good to see you're finally getting FIOS after whining about it for so long.
There are kids in Africa with 3/256 connections............
That's referring to the average of all tests taken from people on Time Warner, including people on higher speed tiers than you. Don't worry about that.
I've had mine like that for a long time now.
Oh yeah, and this is something I notice in the h4x0r Google images (look at the drop down box).
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a321/gotmilk1689/untitled.png
Yes, as long as you're getting 90% of your advertised speeds, you're fine. 90% of 7000 is 6300, and 90% of 512 is ~461, so as long as you're getting at least 6300/461, you're good.
Most people don't get 100% of their advertised speeds.